Born with 'learning difficulties' and all but abandoned by his schools, Neil went on to become kit man to Stoke City FC. Lou Macari, the club's then manager, described him as 'my best-ever signing'. But who is Neil Baldwin? As a boy in a working-class part of the Potteries in the fifties and sixties, the education system wrote him off. But Neil, who believes you can just 'get things by asking for them', knows his late Mum wanted him to have a happy life, and it's his duty to her to have one. So he does. At Keele University, they hold regular celebrations and services for the decades he's been a friend to the students, academics and vice-chancellors; but he's never been a student, a teacher, or had any formal connection with the place. At Stoke City Football Club, he's 'more famous than the players'. He's even got a dialogue going with the Queen - though that one's still a little one-sided. This is the inspiring, moving and at times hysterically funny story of Neil Baldwin's marvellous life.

The story of Stoke City's kit man, Neil Baldwin, memorably played by Toby Jones in the 2014 BBC2 television film Marvellous, which received widespread critical acclaim

About the Author
Neil 'Nello' Baldwin was born in 1946. He was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2019 New Year's Honours list.


Book Information
ISBN 9781789463408
Author Neil Baldwin
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint John Blake Publishing Ltd
Publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm