About the Author

Adrian Deans is a 50-year-old lawyer who used to play football for the legendary Dartford Town Sewer Pigs and still plays (for the mighty Avoca FC Gummysharks). He grew up in Sydney, but has worked in London and is well steeped in football culture. Mr Cleansheets is his third novel and blends his love of football with his natural inclination for making up bollocks. He lives on the Central Coast of NSW with his wife Karen, supports the Socceroos, Gunners and Mariners, but accepts that it is not entirely unreasonable for readers of Mr Cleansheets to follow other clubs . ..As long as they follow Bentham United, yeah?