Liverpool legend Bill Shankly reckoned that football was more important than
life or death. But then he didn't get bullets and bombs in the post. Celtic
manager Neil Lennon did. No one in football has ever tested Shankly's
theorem so rigorously in real life and found it so desperately wanting. Neil
Lennon stared death in the face without blinking and stared it down. This is
the story.
*Open Season: The Neil Lennon Story by George Galloway* explores the history
of Scotland's shame, anti-Irish Catholic racism and bigotry, and the
culpability of the Scottish establishment in attempting to sweep it under
the carpet.
Sparing no reputation, no hallowed institution, Galloway holds a mirror up
to the political cowardice, rank opportunism and prejudice that is every bit
as entrenched in Scotland's culture today as it was over 100 years ago.
Galloway's reputation for saying what needs to be said has never been more
deserved. Open Season is required reading by everyone with an interest in
knowing what happened last season and why.