Alan Gormley is a lifelong football supporter, writer, and observer of the deep connections between football clubs, cities, and the people who sustain them.

Born into a football family in Birmingham, Alan has followed the game for more than six decades, not simply as sport, but as culture, memory, and inheritance. His writing is shaped by the belief that football clubs are living institutions — shaped as much by streets, songs, and shared experience as by results and trophies.

Alan is the coordinator of ‘A Symphony with the City’, part of a wider personal legacy project including a series of narrative-driven works exploring the history, identity, and emotional life of the clubs that have mattered most to him. Written for future generations as much as for today’s readers, these books seek to preserve not just what happened, but what it felt like.

Alan writes as a traveller rather than an academic, combining careful research with lived experience, reflection, and a deep respect for local culture. His approach favours atmosphere over argument, rhythm over record-keeping, and human stories over headline moments.

Now in his seventies, he sees these works as a way of passing on something increasingly rare in modern football: a sense of belonging, continuity, and quiet devotion.