A TRIO of Teesside football writers are holding a discussion on the beautiful game ahead of this Saturday's Boro match.

The authors - Harry Pearson, John Nicholson and Daniel Gray - are taking part in the talk at Middlesbrough's Central Library at the invitation of Boro fanzine Fly Me To The Moon, whose editor Robert Nichols will play host.

The Three Boro Writers event is part of the Discover Middlesbrough festival taking place in the town until November 1, and includes open days, walks, talks, exhibitions and other activities.

Great Ayton-born former Guardian columnist Harry Pearson is best known as the author of The Far Corner, a book about North East football which has been named as one of the 50 Greatest Sports Books of all Time. Football365 columnist John Nicholson, from Stockton, is the author of Who Ate All The Pies and also Teesside-based crime novels, the Nick Guymer series.

FMTTM’s own Daniel Gray recent masterpiece Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters is a travelogue through the football towns that make up the life blood of English football.

Tickets to the Three Boro Writers event at Middlesbrough Reference Library on Saturday, October 25, from noon-2pm are available on 01642 729001 and cost £2.