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Phillip Vine

I divide my time between writing fiction and books about sport. I am the author of Visionary: Manchester United, Michael Knighton and the Football Revolution 1989-2019 and am currently awaiting the release of my most recent book The Immortals: Two Nines and Other Celtic Stories due for release by Pitch in August 2022. I am currently writing a novel, White Horse, about a group of friends who make a pilgrimage to watch the inaugural FA Cup Final at Wembley in 1923.

The Immortals: Two Nines and Other Celtic Stories

By Phillip Vine

The Immortals is a passionate love letter to Celtic FC, by turns ecstatic and distressed, angry and joyous, but always obsessed. After the disappointment in 2021 of failing to complete the fabled ten-in-a-row league titles, the author took solace in researching causes for celebration from Celtic’s proud past. His starting point was the rallying cry that ‘two nines are better than one’, and the book’s centrepieces are stories of both of Celtic’s nine-in-a-row triumphs.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2020

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ESL? Read all about it - in 1989!


Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2021





An intriguing biographical account of Michael Knighton's blueprint for Manchester United


Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2021





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Visionary: Manchester United,

Michael Knighton and the Football Revolution 1989 - 2019

Michael Knighton is one of the most notable football entrepreneurs of his generation. Thirty years ago he arrived on the scene at Manchester United, bearing the revolutionary gift of ideas for the transformation of the club’s fortunes. Visionary is the story of his time at Old Trafford – a crucial, incendiary period in United’s history.

Click here to listen to Michael Knighton talking about Visionary on TalkSPORT

The Immortals

Two Nines and Other Celtic Stories

The Immortals is a passionate love letter to Celtic FC. Its centrepiece is a celebration of the club’s two fabled nine-in-a-row league title sequences and its immortal managers and players. Here are stories of derring-do and delight alongside tales of darkness and despair, told through a provocative and faithful pilgrimage into Celtic’s past.