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Blue With Envy: My American Journey with Manchester City Kindle Edition


Kartik Krishnaiyer, soccer journalist and one of the leading experts on the sport in the United States, delivers his first book, a captivating story about how he fell in love with English football. The book charts the growth of the Premier League in the United States, as well as how his love of Manchester City grew as the sport became more popular and accessible to US soccer fans than ever before.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IT0M1I2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ World Soccer Talk (March 4, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 4, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1119 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 77 pages
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Kartik Krishnaiyer
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Beginning in 1998, Kartik Krishnaiyer worked in Government and Public Relations for a decade. His work included several notable political campaigns, consulting for nonprofits and advocacy organizations as well as advising numerous elected officials and Governmental agencies. Before becoming a consultant, he served as a staffer in the Florida House of Representatives and as Political Director of multiple organizations, and campaigns. He was heavily involved in the 2000 Presidential recount in Palm Beach County on behalf of the Palm Beach Democratic Party and the 2002 Legislative Redistricting in Florida. He served as the Statewide field coordinator for the Florida Democratic Party working via the DEC Chairs Association during the 2002 Election cycle. He ran several local campaigns in the 2002 and 2004 election cycle primarily in Palm Beach County but also in Central Florida and Broward County. In 2006, Krishnaiyer worked with several winning candidates for state legislature in a watershed year for Democrats. Krishnaiyer worked in soccer from 2007 to 2013 and after a sabbatical he returned to politics in 2012 writing for the Political Hurricane and in 2013 founded the Florida Squeeze. He currently serves as the Managing Editor and podcast co-host for World Soccer Talk, an international soccer blog and is the author of Blue with Envy a book about Manchester City Football Club, Soccerwarz about the battle between MLS, USL and NASL as well as writing the forward to Robert Buccellato's book on 1940's and 1950's Florida political history, Finding Dan McCarty.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2014
Enjoyed it very much it's up to date and covers Manchester City very well. It's worth a read. It kept me entertained.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015
If you are a fan of Man City, you will enjoy this light read as the American author shares his tribulations as a fan of the sky blue, through the club's EPL title and beyond. Nothing revelatory...just fun.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2014
This short e-book by Kartik Krishnaiyer is a must-read for any American soccer fan, especially of the Premier League. Kartik brings a fan's perspective of the rise of a traditional English club, not an English power, but a club with a rich history. Walking through the especially recent history of Man City, he relates the American traditions of the club and how its fans have reacted to their recent success. Fans of any team can relate to the experiences of watching a favorite team from overseas and how that syncs with supporting a local club. I dare say this is an American Fever pitch; my only quibble is that he is an Man City fan and not an Arsenal fan, but even that is a friendly quibble. I highly recommend for any BPL and American soccer fan.

Full disclosure - I know Kartis and contribute on occasion to the website he references in the book. However, this is an honest review.
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