From the publisher:
Carlos Had a Dream charts the remarkable Carlos Carvalhal era at Sheffield Wednesday, which saw him become the first foreign manager in the Owls' long history when he arrived in the summer of 2015. In the months that followed the Portuguese transformed the culture at Hillsborough, turning Wednesday into promotion contenders with a style of football that wowed Owls fans and took them as close to a return to the Premier League as they have been since the turn of the Millennium. It was early in the Dejphon Chansiri ownership era and the Owls played football that reignited belief amongst a fanbase and carried Wednesday to within touching distance of Premier League glory - before it all gradually fell apart. This is the story of that period, told by a man who was at the coalface for every cough and splutter.
The author:
Dom Howson has spent more than 20 years in sports journalism, which is long enough to know better but not long enough to stop. A Huddersfield native, he has spent a significant portion of his career immersed in the world of Sheffield Wednesday - a twist of fate he still can't fully explain, but one he's grown rather attached to. That affection eventually led to his first book, Carlos Had a Dream.
Dom joined The Star in 2009 and was appointed chief Sheffield Wednesday writer in 2014, quickly discovering that covering the club is less a job and more a lifestyle choice. His reporting - later continued at Yorkshire Live - spanned takeover sagas, managerial changes, late night transfers, epic fan forums and pre-season trips that occasionally offered more sun than S6.
In 2025, he stepped away from the daily churn of the newsroom to focus on freelance writing and long-form storytelling, deciding it was finally time to turn years of Wednesday-related chaos, drama and unexpected plot twists into something more permanent than a matchday live blog. A gym enthusiast and all-round sport junkie, Dom lives near Stockport with his wife Alice.
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English
9781917117036