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It's been seven years since wealthy entrepreneur Don Simmons totally changed his life around, literally becoming a new man by shedding thirteen stone, half his body weight. He quit chain smoking, binge drinking and a death warrant food obsession, then moved to Spain where he trained to compete in the gruelling High Wycombe half marathon, all for a quarter of a million pound bet. A transformation that not only prolonged his life, but erupted into a love affair, a romance with the interior and people of Catalonia, and the wonders of the Costa Brava. Now in the spring of 2007, on a business trip back to his headquarters in England Don completes on a land deal that propels him into Billionaire status. After celebrating his success he is devastated to hear that his beloved local football team Well Green are about to be wound up and that the land is to be sold to a developer and turned into a housing complex. Angered further to hear that the developer is an old enemy of his, Don launches himself on a mission to not only save the tiny ninth tier club from extinction, but to for fill a life long dream of becoming the club's owner and, bolstered by a massive cash injection, propel them through the ranks of the Football Association challenge Cup. This is a joyous and heart warming tale, full of good humour, trials, tears and triumphs, set in picturesque splendour of two contrasting landscapes, brimming with colour, dazzling description and fascinating characters. A kind of Roy of the Rovers meets Mike Bassett England manager. The story will make you proud to have been able to eves drop on a chapter in the life of Don Simmons and leave you keen to explore the next riveting installment.

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