The Chelsea, Everton, Scotland (and BBC 5 Live) legend Pat Nevin joins us at the Boston Room at the George IV to launch his new memoir, with a special In Conversation evening.

'Football and How to Survive It' is the follow-up to 2021's acclaimed 'The Accidental Footballer' and traces Pat's journey into a less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, he plays some of the best football he’s ever played - but what happens when, in a strange twist of fate, Pat finds himself both player and Chief Executive of Scottish First Division club Motherwell?

It is an entertaining and revealing tale of a rarely-seen side of football, a book that celebrates the game in all its complex and confusing glory.

Pat will be discussing his career and both his memoirs at the Boston Room on Wednesday 14 June.

Pat - you'll know - is one of the most interesting and literate voices in football, a music fan as likely to be found DJing at indie/alternative nights as appearing as a pundit on BBC 5 Live. In a 20-year career, he played for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell and won 28 caps for Scotland, before retiring in 2000. 

The Boston Room is the lovely cabaret room at the back of the George IV on Chiswick High Road, six minutes' walk from Turnham Green station on the District Line. A full food menu is available. Pat will be in conversation with Duncan Steer, whose previous guests at Chiswick Chat nights have included musician Baxter Dury, Tour de France star Steve Cummings and (on March 29), former undercover detective Christian Plowman.

There will be a chance to ask your own questions.

Early tickets are £13, or we have a special advance book-and-ticket offer of £27 (RRP of the book is £22.)  If you order the book in advance, you can pick it up on the night. Pat will be signing books after the show.

‘The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER: this new book is even better. There were times as I read Pat Nevin’s account of his years running – or, trying to run – Motherwell, I had to remind myself to breathe. It’s a thrilling read – funny, nerve-wracking, precise and very, very human’ – Roddy Doyle