Alan Hansen backs fundraising novel for Hillsborough families

SOCCER pundit Alan Hansen has called on football fans to support the Hillsborough families by buying a fundraising novel written by a South Somerset author.
 
The former Scotland and Liverpool player turned BBC commentator has also said he wants to see Dangerous Score - a football thriller written by South Somerset author Mike Bearcroft to benefit the Hillsborough Family Support Group - top the Sunday Times Bestseller List in 2013.
 
Alan previously added his voice to the Justice Collective’s recording of He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother - which is in the race for UK Christmas No 1- and has been a strong supporter of the Group’s fight for justice having attended funerals of victims of the 1989 disaster and visited the injured in hospital.
 
Dangerous Score, which went on sale this month, has a footballer hero who is seeking justice for himself in the face of false accusations and the author, himself a former player, is contributing to the support group from his royalties.
 
It tells the story of a rising young footballer whose life and career are threatened when he is linked with the mystery disappearance of a young woman and has to fight to clear his name when he is pilloried by media and fans alike.
 
“For me Christmas this year is all about a new beginning for the families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster,” said Alan. “Families who have suffered such appalling injustice for so long and for whom a new ray of light is now at long last starting to shine.

“Recording the CD of He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother with a host of stars is one way in which I have been able to continue to support the Hillsborough Family Support Group - and giving Mike Bearcroft’s thrilling book, Dangerous Score, as a Christmas present to my friends and relatives, is another.”                          
 
Dangerous Score, published by Dynasty Press, is available via the Hillsborough Group’s website at www.hfsg.co.uk and http://bit.ly/U9XDsO priced at £8.99. It is also available through the WH Smith, Amazon and Tesco websites and on Kindle.

Author Mike Bearcroft lives at Henstridge.

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