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Book Best  Pele and a Half Time Bovril  A Nostalgic Look at the 1970s   Football s Last Great Decade

Download or read book Best Pele and a Half Time Bovril A Nostalgic Look at the 1970s Football s Last Great Decade written by Andrew Smart and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For supporters of provincial lightweights like Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, their wishes came true in the seventies when they landed the Division One title. It was the decade of the underdog - when the FA cup was still football's Holy Grail and teams like Sunderland, Ipswich and Southampton came up from the sticks to produce their own brand of Wembley magic. It is not like that today. It was the decade when every team had its characters: Stan Bowles, Charlie Gregory, Duncan McKenzie, Frank Worthington, Tony Currie, Rodney Marsh. These personalities are gone now, replaced by an influx of anonymous foreign journeymen. This book harks back to a lost era when the game still belonged to the fans; they could identify with the players, recognise their heroes, and believe they all had a shot at glory. It remembers dramatic matches packed with action and controversy; recalls mercurial managers like Shankly, Clough, Revie and the Doc - and asks the question: who was the finest player from football's last great decade?

Book Power Play

Download or read book Power Play written by Raymond Boyle and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new study of the link between three key obsessions of the 20th century: the media, sport and popular culture.

Book Their Names Will Live On

Download or read book Their Names Will Live On written by Andy Smart and published by Matador. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every warrior who has won a Victoria Cross, countless thousands more have faced the same dangers and, on so many occasions, made the same selfless sacrifices. This book, a collection of interviews, personal photographs and articles drawn from the archives of the Nottingham Post, seeks to give just a handful of those unsung heroes their place in history..This book is a collection of interviews, personal photographs and articles drawn for the archives of the Nottingham Post. The book seeks to give just a handful of those featured their due. Because this book covers all major conflicts over the past century, a donation of £2 from each copy sold will go to the Royal British Legion which continues to provide help and comfort for so many veterans and dependants from so many wars.

Book Edwardian Scrapbook

Download or read book Edwardian Scrapbook written by Robert Opie and published by Pi Global Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wth Edward VII on the throne and the dawn of a new century, Britain embraced the technology of the future. Motor transport began to replace the horse, and by the end of the Edwardian era, the possibilities of the aeroplane could be seen. While the telepho

Book Those Forest Men Paperback

Download or read book Those Forest Men Paperback written by Mark Collar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those Forest Men is a different kind of football book. It is a personal account of someone growing up in a house populated by football players, a sport which the author never really enjoyed. It is the story of a man who ignored his local team's rise from Division 2 obscurity to twice champions of Europe. It uses a variety of texts, authors and genres to produce some of the stories of the outstanding contributions that Those Forest Men have made to the history of Nottingham Forest Football Club. It is a book with Forest fans at its heart and a heart for Forest fans. They are the only fans in the world who once had every dream come true and then went back to living one long slow nightmare. Some of the Forest men written about here once became the greatest team in the world.

Book Big Mal

Download or read book Big Mal written by David Tossell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malcolm Allison is one of the most controversial figures of the last half-century of English football. Leader of the famed 'West Ham Academy', his playing career was cut short by the loss of a lung to tuberculosis. Disillusioned, he became a professional gambler before acknowledging that football was his calling. After humble beginnings as a coach, he began a celebrated partnership with Joe Mercer, turning Manchester City into one of the most stylish teams English football has produced. Along with the trophies came the birth of Big Mal, the larger-than-life personality who helped revolutionise televised football. He became instantly recognisable for his cigar and Fedora, and equally notorious for a string of affairs with beautiful women. As the dark side of Big Mal took over, he was banned for life from the touchlines, became embroiled in a series of boardroom battles and spent time in police cells and rehabilitation clinics fighting the effects of alcoholism. Yet despite the often-destructive effect of his Big Mal persona, Malcolm Allison retains his status as one of the most incisive minds to have graced the game. This book tells both sides of the story, tracing the life and times of one of the most charismatic characters in British sport.

Book Jazz People

Download or read book Jazz People written by Valerie Wilmer and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book WINNING STATE Women s Soccer

Download or read book WINNING STATE Women s Soccer written by Steve Knight and published by Let's Win! International. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COMPETE MENTALLY TOUGH! WINNING STATE Women's Soccer focuses on competing. It shows players how to take their mental game to a winning level. WINNING STATE instantly improves tournament performance. It gives players the mental toughness skills to eliminate distractions and crush apprehension, so they can execute in competition as well or better than they do in practice. WINNING STATE is for all ages and abilities. It's for players who consistently want to bring their "A-Game" to the competitive arena. WINNING STATE inspires players to face the pressure head on, believe 100%, and execute with conviction. Players get the skills to conquer the nerves, fiercely compete, and win! Your mind is your most powerful weapon. Train it! WINNING STATE Women's Soccer: The Athlete's Guide to Competing Mentally Tough

Book Trichier

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alessandra Ceretto
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 136509796X
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Trichier written by Alessandra Ceretto and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stan Bowles

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stan Bowles
  • Publisher : Orion Publishing Company
  • Release : 2005-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780752865393
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book Stan Bowles written by Stan Bowles and published by Orion Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I think that Frank Worthington summed my life up quite well when he said, "Stan has spent all of his money on gambling, booze and birds." I responded to that: "Well, at least I didn't waste it!"'Stan Bowles was one of the greatest players of the golden age of English football, the 1970s. But like many of his contemporaries, he was probably as famous for his exploits in the bar or at the race track. Indeed, his chronic addiction to gambling led him to blow upwards of quarter of a million pounds. Packed with irreverent and entertaining anecdotes the book covers the ups and downs of Bowles' career, from his childhood in a prefab in Manchester, his early days at Man City, spent hanging around with the likes of George Best as well as the notorious Quality Street Gang, his heyday at QPR, and the unhappier times at Forest and Leyton Orient. STAN BOWLES, MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY is an unflinchingly honest account of a sporting legend.

Book Sisters  Super Creeps and Slushy  Gushy Love Songs

Download or read book Sisters Super Creeps and Slushy Gushy Love Songs written by Karen McCombie and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ally knows her super-efficient big sis Linn finds their chaotic family a bit ... exasperating. But when Linn falls for Q, the tearaway lead singer in a local band, all her sensible ways go out of the window. Everyone else can see that Q's a creep, but does Ally have the courage to burst Linn's heart-shaped bubble?

Book The Official Brentford Big Book of Griffin Park

Download or read book The Official Brentford Big Book of Griffin Park written by David Lane and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Yvain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chretien de Troyes
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1987-09-10
  • ISBN : 0300038380
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Yvain written by Chretien de Troyes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love

Book Motty

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Motson
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2009-10-06
  • ISBN : 0753521415
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Motty written by John Motson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ronnie Radford to Wayne Rooney, John Motson's knowledge and passion for football are unrivalled. In Motty, he shares his story for the first time and guides us through a career which has spanned forty years and over 2,000 matches. From reporting on the exploits of the giant-killing Hereford team in the 1972 FA Cup that made his name on Match of the Day, to the estimated twenty-million viewers who tuned in to his commentary on England's match with Portugal at the 2006 World Cup, Motson's time in the commentary box has delivered some unforgettable anecdotes. In dozens of fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, we hear about the greatest football matches he has watched and the greatest players and managers he has been privileged to know. Many of them are football icons; Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough, Alf Ramsey, and Matt Busby, amongst countless others. Motty is essential reading for anyone who has grown up with the undisputed voice of football.

Book The Annenbergs

Download or read book The Annenbergs written by John E. Cooney and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1982 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.

Book Motson s National Obsession

Download or read book Motson s National Obsession written by Adam Ward and published by Sanctuary Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate compendium of all the weird and wonderful facts of all things soccer related in the UK, from legendary British broadcaster Motson. Part of Sanctuary's imprint "Arcane--the home for our bestselling books of trivia, facts, lore and miscellany. Hit the UK non-fiction bestseller list its first week on sale (May, 2004).

Book Motson s World Cup Extravaganza

Download or read book Motson s World Cup Extravaganza written by John Motson and published by Robson. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The man with the best memory in football" – Shoot Monthly The World Cup is footballing nirvana – the ultimate global competition where the best of the best battle it out while the world watches. Added to the live and televised excitement is the one man who is never without his renowned statistics and encyclopaedic knowledge. Here, in his inimitable style, John Motson provides footy-lovers and laymen with a wealth of illuminating and essential trivia on the facts and history of the World Cup. This is the perfect guide to everything about the competition: players; great matches; goals and the personalities that have passed through the ages. The book’s publication will coincide with the start of the 2006 competition and is a must-read for every fan of World-cup facts and trivia.