Everton boss David Moyes is the surprise winner of the Romantic Novel of The Year for his first submission "Musings On Merseyside".
The ginger haired Glaswegian, widely regarded as one of the best homegrown bosses in the country, was praised for his "delightfully intense writing" and "sensitive character development" in the novel about a doomed love affair between a Liverpool and Everton fan.
The tragic ending, which features the hero and heroine self combusting in a street exactly midway between Anfield and Goodison Park, has also been cited as "one of the most tragic conclusions ever witnessed in a debut novel".
The unassuming Moyes's only comment was : "Still waters...".
