Career
He also helped to form Gretna Football Club 2008 from the ashes of the now defunct Gretna Football Club and became the club"s first Chairman in its inaugural year, an experience as detailed in his new book In Black and White: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Gretna Football. His first book, The Great Wall of Britain (2005) is a historical travelogue of Hadrian"s Wall. This was followed in 2007 by The Border: A History in 10.5 Chapters.