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21 produkter
Alan Ball: The Man in White Boots
The biography of the youngest 1966 World Cup Hero
Häftad, 2018
189 kr
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It is a special footballer who wins the World Cup as a 21-year-old and ends a two-decade career as one of the most revered players in the history of four clubs. Former England captain Alan Ball was such a man: prodigy at Blackpool, youngest hero of 1966, Championship winner at Everton, …
Alan Ball: The Man in White Boots
The biography of the youngest 1966 World Cup Hero
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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It is a special footballer who wins the World Cup as a 21-year-old and ends a two-decade career as one of the most revered players in the history of four clubs. Former England captain Alan Ball was such a man: prodigy at Blackpool, youngest hero of 1966, Championship winner at Everton, …
Big Mal
The High Life and Hard Times of Malcolm Allison, Football Legend
E-bok, 2012
79 kr
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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 …
Playing for Uncle Sam
The Brits' Story of the North American Soccer League
E-bok, 2012
167 kr
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A coach transported to the field in a hearse as he played dead. An English manager taken at gunpoint to an Argentinian jail after trying to sign that country's World Cup captain. The hero of 1966 who talked his team out of going on strike on the eve of a title decider. All are part of the British …
Seventy-One Guns
The Year of the First Arsenal Double
Av David Tossell, Foreword By Bob Wilson.
E-bok, 2012
79 kr
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In the summer of 1970, England was buzzing about the new football season. More than 30 million television viewers had watched the previous year's FA Cup final and the brilliant Brazilians had dazzled audiences during the Mexico World Cup. The new age of televised highlights meant that football's …
Tommy Doc
The Controversial and Colourful Life of One of Football's Most Dominant Personalities
E-bok, 2013
96 kr
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Tommy ‘The Doc’ Docherty was a combative Scotland international wing-half who became a brilliant but erratic manager. His 1960s Chelsea team was a glorious reflection of his colourful personality, and a decade later he reinvented his relegated Manchester United side as a vibrant attacking force.He …
Girls of Summer
An Ashes Year with the England Women''s Cricket Team
E-bok, 2016
141 kr
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The year 2015 was a historic one for the England women''s cricket team, their first full year as professional players and with every ball of their Ashes series live on television and radio. As the dramatic events of the summer unfolded, David Tossell was given exclusive access to follow at close …
Tony Greig
A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain
Häftad, 2018
148 kr
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Tony Greig is remembered as the colourful captain who led cricket into its biggest crisis of the last century. An all-rounder who mixed boldness with belligerence, he was the first South African to skipper England, restoring national pride with victory in India after poundings at the hands of …
In Sunshine or In Shadow
A Journey Through the Life of Derek Dougan
Häftad, 2018
148 kr
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Derek Dougan was no ordinary footballer. A flamboyant Northern Irish goalscorer, his unwillingness to accept injustice and mismanagement won him as many enemies as friends. Shortly after being asked to collaborate on a new autobiography, a project undone by Dougan's sudden death, David Tossell set …
Natural
The Jimmy Greaves Story
Inbunden, 2019
224 kr
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Jimmy Greaves remains the greatest goalscorer in English football history, with a record of 357 top-flight goals that may never be surpassed. Teenage sensation at Chelsea and England debutant at 19, he became - after an unhappy spell at AC Milan - a legend at Tottenham Hotspur. But despite 44 …
All Crazee Now
English Football and Footballers in the 1970s
Inbunden, 2021
224 kr
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All Crazee Now is the story of English football and its footballers in the 1970s, a decade that saw the start of the move from the 'old-fashioned' game towards the modern Premier League era; a transition that accelerated throughout the decade. Much of what we recognise in today's game is rooted in …
Hero in the Shadows
The Story of Don Howe, English Football's Greatest Coach
Inbunden, 2022
224 kr
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Don Howe is one of English football's great coaches, with an unrivalled record at international and club level. As right-hand man to three England managers, he helped his country to the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96 semi-finals. He helped to steer them through the 1982 World Cup unbeaten and to the …
Hero in the Shadows
The Story of Don Howe, English Football''s Greatest Coach
E-bok, 2022
141 kr
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Don Howe is one of English football''s great coaches, with an unrivalled record at international and club level. As right-hand man to three England managers, he helped his country to the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96 semi-finals. He helped to steer them through the 1982 World Cup unbeaten and to the …
Maestro
A Portrait of Garry Sobers, Cricket's Greatest All-Rounder
Inbunden, 2025
322 kr
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Fascinating story of Garry Sobers, the greatest cricketer of his generation, who rose from poverty in Barbados to become West Indies captain and receive a knighthood. Yet his life was not without drama and controversy – both personal and political.By acclaimed cricket writer David Tossell, whose …
Bugner Identity
In Search of British Boxing’s Anti-Hero
Inbunden, 2026
272 kr
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Joe Bugner was the only boxer to take both Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier the distance, and he did it twice to Ali. Bugner faced the very best in a golden era of heavyweights and was British and European champion. He should have been one of the country’s most admired sportsmen. Yet he was cursed by …
Nobody Beats Us
The Inside Story of the 1970s Wales Rugby Team
Häftad, 2010
141 kr
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In the 1970s, an age long before World Cups, rugby union to the British public meant Bill McLaren, rude songs and, most of all, Wales. Between 1969 and 1979, the men in red shirts won or shared eight Five Nations Championships, including three Grand Slams and six Triple Crowns. But the mere facts …
Nobody Beats Us
The Inside Story of the 1970s Wales Rugby Team
E-bok, 2011
105 kr
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In the 1970s, an age long before World Cups, rugby union to the British public meant Bill McLaren, rude songs and, most of all, Wales. Between 1969 and 1979, the men in red shirts won or shared eight Five Nations Championships, including three Grand Slams and six Triple Crowns. But the mere facts …
Great English Final
1953: Cup, Coronation and Stanley Matthews
E-bok, 2013
141 kr
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The 1953 FA Cup Final between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers had everything: seven goals, a dramatic comeback and, in Stanley Matthews, a fairytale hero. Sixty years on, this legendary game has come to represent a golden age—the year when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned and a British expedition …
One Day at a Time
The History of Limited-Overs Cricket in 25 Matches
Inbunden, 2023
287 kr
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One Day At A Time uses selected matches from the past 60 years to tell the story of limited-overs cricket. One-day cricket arrived as a formalised part of the calendar in 1963 with the launch of the Gillette Cup in England. The development of the limited-overs game is at the heart of the sport’s …
Blood on the Tracks
England in Australia: The 1974-75 Ashes
Inbunden, 2024
293 kr
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As the 1975edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack put it, “Never in the ninety-eight years of Test cricket have batsmenbeen so grievously bruised and battered by ferocious, hostile short-pitched balls as were those led conscientiouslyby Mike Denness.” Led by tearaway speedsters Dennis Lillee …
Grovel!
The Story and Legacy of the Summer of 1976
Häftad, 2012
149 kr
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When England cricket captain Tony Greig announced that he intended to make the West Indies 'grovel', he lit a fire that burned as intensely as the sunshine that made 1976 one of the most memorable summers in British history. Spurred on by what they saw as a deeply offensive remark, especially from …
