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Fitba Daft

Author : James Meikle
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595496121
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Fitba Daft written by James Meikle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fitba (football, soccer) is truly the world's game. It evokes the deepest emotions in the millions who play and watch it in almost every corner and culture around our globe. So where does this passion come from? Some of it is certainly inherent in genes, especially in respect of playing ability. However millions who have never played at any serious level are amongst the most fanatical of all. Like most addictions it is something formed by steady consumption over a prolonged period. Alcohol, nicotine and cocaine have much more obvious routes to our bloodstream but I firmly believe that soccer can get there too. It can ultimately provide such an overwhelming sensation of joy that the brain craves repetition of that euphoria, even if it may have to wait thirty years or more between very brief highs. Here's a true life story which provides a detailed insight into the environment and twists of fate which contrive to addict one Scottish boy and sustain that addiction even when he moves to America. They have soccer in America? Oh yeah, more than you can imagine.

Garnockside Lilts

Author : James Cook (of Kilbirnie.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Garnockside Lilts written by James Cook (of Kilbirnie.) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Football's Braveheart

Author : Mike Donovan
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785319647
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Football's Braveheart written by Mike Donovan and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football's Braveheart is the riveting life story of Dave Mackay, the fearless, skilled, heroic and barrel-chested left-half who was an icon for Spurs, Hearts, Derby and Scotland. Off the field, Dave was a humble, fair-minded, sociable man. On it, he was an out-and-out winner, a warrior and inspiration with consummate ball skills and intelligence. The heartbeat of Spurs' double-winning side of 1961, he came back after two broken legs to add to a glittering trophy collection started at Hearts. After his playing career, Mackay distinguished himself as a title-winning manager with Derby County. A legends' legend, he was lauded by George Best as the hardest and bravest opponent he ever faced. Fabled managers Bill Nicholson (Spurs) and Brian Clough (Derby) hailed him as their best signing, and other admirers included Jimmy Greaves, Denis Law and Sir Alex Ferguson. Author Mike Donovan has gained exclusive, first-hand insights from those who knew Mackay best to bring you the definitive story of a man who made an indelible mark on football.

Pilton Keelie

Author : James Meikle
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462071538
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Pilton Keelie written by James Meikle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it better to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth or a hunger in your belly? Is life in the city better than life in the country? Is life in the new world really better than life in old Europe? Is private education better than public? Is a university degree compulsory to success in life?. What exactly is a better life? Affluence does not guarantee happiness and poverty does not guarantee misery and regardless of inherent socio-economic standing a kind or cruel bounce at the right or wrong moment can be life-changing. Strong parental love and guidance ultimately trump actual money but the latter does make further education more readily available and that generally opens up more opportunities in the modern world. My wife and I had no post-secondary education and loved our upbringing yet we strived very hard to make sure our children did have university degrees and a shot at that better life. I hope the joyful if sometimes embarrassing memoirs of a Scottish working class boy, combined with a good deal of social history and the many quirks of the common language which my native and adopted countries allegedly share, can amuse and inform.

Phantom Football: Soccer Shadows

Author : Rob Childs
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448102863
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Phantom Football: Soccer Shadows written by Rob Childs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spooky footballing tale! Tom is bored on the family holiday by the seaside - until he meets Leo, a mysterious barefoot boy who invites Tom to take part in a six-a-side soccer tournament on the beach. The rest of the team are dead weird too. Even stranger, not one of them has a shadow in the sun!

The Legend of the Mary Celeste and Other Poems

Author : Francis Kerr Young
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411655206
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of the Mary Celeste and Other Poems written by Francis Kerr Young and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legend of the Mary Celeste is a 4500-word poem about this ill-starred ship and the horrible events that caused her to be discoveredadrift and abandoned near the Azores in November 1872. The anthology of poems is in seven sections: A Medley of Sonnets on various subjects; Poems of West Virginia, Seafarers of the 20th Century, includes a voyage aboard the RMS Queen Mary; Whaâs like us? Humorous views and flashbacks of an exile Scot; Ballades and Villanelles, modern versions of 14th-century poems, and finally Recollections, works that reflect life, human nature, Mother Nature, humour, sadness, grief, war, and current events.

Phantom Football: Team Spirit

Author : Rob Childs
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448102820
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Phantom Football: Team Spirit written by Rob Childs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is the mysterious player turning up to practise with the Bradgate School football squad? Flying down the wing, ghosting past defenders, the red-headed newcomer seems to have the magic touch that can win games. But why can't the team's shooting star play away from home? A gripping tale of soccer and the supernatural from football maestro, Rob Childs

Soccer Shocks

Author : Rob Childs
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448102839
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Soccer Shocks written by Rob Childs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'WHAT A WAY TO END THE SEASON!' The football season may be drawing to a close, but Luke Crawford - skipper, player-manager and coach of the Swillsby Swifts Sunday League team - is still full of running . . . when he's not tripping up over his own feet! He's also still full of ideas and dreams. Luke's new sweeper system for the Swifts relies on the unpredictable talents of his Italian cousin Ricki, but will it be too late to save them from relegation? Luke would dearly love to win a medal in the school Cup Final too, if only he's given the chance to get on the pitch. One thing's for certain. With soccer-mad Luke on the loose, there are bound to be plenty of shocks in store for everyone before the final whistle blows . . .

War Blasts and Other Poems

Author : Restalrig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book War Blasts and Other Poems written by Restalrig and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gallus

Author : Michael McEwan
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1913538982
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Gallus written by Michael McEwan and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who insist that football is just a game, and those who know better. Take the April 1967 clash between England and Scotland. Wounded by their biggest rivals winning the World Cup just nine months earlier, Bobby Brown's Scots travelled to Wembley on the mother of all missions. Win and they would take a huge step towards qualifying for the 1968 European Championship, end England's formidable 19-game unbeaten streak, and, best of all, put Sir Alf Ramsey's men firmly back in their box. Lose? Well, that was just unthinkable. Meanwhile, off the pitch, the winds of change were billowing through Scotland. Nationalism, long confined to the margins of British politics, was starting to penetrate the mainstream, gaining both traction and influence. Was England's World Cup victory a defining moment in the Scottish independence movement? Or did it consign Scotland to successive generations of myopic underachievement? Michael McEwan, author of The Ghosts of Cathkin Park, returns to 1967 to explore a crucial ninety minutes in the rebirth of a nation.

A Century of Economic Striving

Author : Robert Bulloch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Economic Striving written by Robert Bulloch and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

We'll Support You Evermore

Author : Ian Archer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780574215
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book We'll Support You Evermore written by Ian Archer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-01-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It has to start somewhere for everyone, this daft, wild, extraordinary notion that happiness is a Scottish lap of honour and that the greatest, most hysterical happiness would be a Scottish lap of honour on a World Cup final day, England having just retired to the dressing-rooms, not just beaten, but destroyed, humiliated, thrashed, gubbed . . . ' - Ian Archer First published in 1976, We'll Support You Evermore is a collection of reminiscences about the nation's favourite game. Hilarious tales of after-match celebrations and moving accounts of growing up playing football on the mean streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh rub shoulders with memories of superb victories, glorious defeats and drunken jaunts abroad. Together, these produce an entertaining portrait of Scottish supporters. Novelist Alan Sharp and Gordon Williams contribute essays, as do journalists Ian Archer, John Rafferty and Hugh Taylor among others. Each writes about his own personal recollections of the game: the Wembley Wizards, the Famous Five, Third Lanark, the Old Firm, Queen's Park, Hearts, Hibs, and many more. There's something here for every fitba'-daft reader.

Soccer At Sandford

Author : Rob Childs
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448195950
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Soccer At Sandford written by Rob Childs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Thompson is delighted to be picked as captain of Sanford Primary School’s football team. With an enthusiastic new teacher and a team full of talent – not least that of loner Gary Clarke, with his flashes of goal-scoring brilliance – he is determined to lead Sandford to success. Their goal is the important League Championship- and their main rivals are Tanby, who they must first meet in a vital Cup-tie... From kick-off to the final whistle, through success and disappointment, penalties and corners, to the final nail-biting matches of the season, follow the action and excitement as the young footballers of Sandford Primary School learn how to develop their skills and mould together as a real team – a team who are determined to win by playing the best football possible!

The Cambridge Companion to Football

Author : Rob Steen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107433983
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Football written by Rob Steen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common language. But where does its enduring popularity come from? Featuring essays from prominent experts in the field, scholars and journalists, this Companion covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football. It examines the game's oft-disputed roots and traces its development through Europe, South America and Africa, analysing whether resistance to the game is finally beginning to erode in China, India and the United States. It dissects the cult of the manager and how David Beckham redefined sporting celebrity. It investigates the game's followers, reporters and writers, as well as its most zealous money makers and powerful administrators. A valuable resource for students, scholars and general readers, The Cambridge Companion to Football is a true and faithful companion for anyone fascinated by the people's game.

The Football Man

Author : Arthur Hopcraft
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1845138384
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book The Football Man written by Arthur Hopcraft and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Football matters, as poetry does to some people and alcohol does to others… Football is inherent in the people… There is more eccentricity in deliberately disregarding it than in devoting a life to it. The way we play the game, organize it and reward it reflects the kind of community we are’ Written just two years after England’s ’66 triumph when the national game was at its zenith, Arthur Hopcraft’s The Football Man is repeatedly quoted as the best book ever written about the sport. This definitive, magisterial study of football and society profiles includes interviews with all-time greats like Bobby Charlton, George Best, Alf Ramsay, Stanley Matthews, Matt Busby and Nat Lofthouse. It is a snapshot of a pivotal era in sporting history; changes and decisions were made in the sixties that would create the game we know today. For many who are disenchanted with the modern game – the grip of businesses and corporations, the dominance of advertising, the extortionate ticket prices and inaccessible matches, the fickleness of teenage millionaires – The Football Man takes the reader back to the heart and soul of the national game when pitches were muddy and the players were footballers not brands. Voted in May 2005 as one of Observer’s top sports books of all time, this is a long-awaited reissue of the classic football ‘bible’. ‘Masterpiece among sports books’ Guardian ‘It remains one of my favourite football reads’ Graham Taylor

Life Matters

Author : Colin Murray
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1805141228
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Life Matters written by Colin Murray and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his late fifties and having one eye on a well-earned retirement Colin Murray, a full-time decorator and Church pastor in North East Scotland received the bombshell news he was suffering from Motor Neurone Disease. From the sheer panic of his first night following his MND diagnosis, Colin confronts the brutal, merciless muscle wasting disease head on with prayer and positivity. Accepting his diagnosis, he continues to fight his prognosis with positivity and prayer. In Life Matters, Colin reminds us that we should never minimise or over spiritualise anyone’s struggle with pain and that secular groups are more compassionate, empathetic, and Christlike than Christians with questionable doctrine. While many question their faith and recoil with fear in the face of a terminal diagnosis Colin remains a persevering, shining light to many during his declining health and an ever-increasing loss of mobility. This book is testimony that hope is real, Spirit life is real and in: “Gods strength is made perfect in weakness”. As a Church pastor Colin realises that his life now, is his greatest sermon. It is clear reading this powerful book that Colin is no whitewashed tomb. He is alive in Christ, already a possessor of the “life of the age to come”. Although outwardly wasting away Colin is being inwardly renewed “daily”. This is a must read for anyone battling a serious illness.

The Sevenpenny Gate

Author : John Cairney
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780571607
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Sevenpenny Gate written by John Cairney and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Clutching in my hand my seven copper pennies, I ran down the two flights of stone stairs from our tenement flat and through the East End to Kinloch Street, where, puffing a bit, I joined the queue of other wee boys lining up to place their coins on the brass plate above the iron turnstile, push hard against it, then climb up onto the dirt terracing and into Paradise. The rest of the world called it Celtic Park.' This is a story seen through green-and-white spectacles. It begins when nine-year-old Glaswegian John Cairney walks through the boys' gate at Celtic Park and embarks on a series of adventures that, over the years, take him all over Scotland and beyond. The Sevenpenny Gate is about a search for heroes, Celtic heroes. It is also the tale of an East End club of humble Irish origins that has developed into a worldwide brand and continues to command the devotion of its fans, even with the Celtic diaspora now spread across the globe.