Tim Quelch has spent 50 years following various struggling football teams. Some experienced only temporary hardships, such as Chelsea and Manchester City. Some became more longstanding victims of changing economics, such as Burnley and Preston. Some punched briefly, yet triumphantly, well above their weight, such as Northampton and Leyton Orient. Others remained well below the radar, such as Hastings United. It is a tale of improbable successes and abject failures; of inspired leadership and dogged hope; wrapped around with descriptions of the changing times - in English football and in life outside.