Hutch – Hard Work and Belief – The Tommy Hutchison Story

The autobiography of Tommy Hutchison, a former Scottish international midfielder who made over 1,100 senior appearances in a long career spanning almost 30 years, playing for clubs including Alloa Athletic, Blackpool, Coventry City, Manchester City, Burnley and Swansea City. Hutchison also played in the NASL for the Seattle Sounders and in Hong Kong, finishing his playing days at Merthyr Tydfil, at 46 years old!

The story of how one small boy's near impossible dream became a reality. Growing up in poverty in the austere 1950s Fife coalfield, Tommy Hutchison had an unshakable belief that one day he would wear the dark blue shirt of Scotland. To an outsider it seemed an improbable ambition. Too weak to cross a ball from the byline to the goal area, the teenage Hutchison was overlooked by his teachers and never made the school football team.

Through sheer determination, an indomitable spirit and hour upon hour of lonely practice, the adolescent Tommy was finally noticed by his local team, and his journey to Hampden and World Cup glory began.

Tommy's football genius ultimately took him all over the world to play with and against some of the greatest footballers of the 1970s and 80s in a career spanning four amazing decades. Hutch is the funny yet inspiring story of how the seemingly unattainable can be achieved by unwavering, resolute self-belief. Published in 2022.

Size: 160mm x 240mm – 288 pages.