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Don Revie: The Biography

Author : Christopher Evans
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472973372
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Don Revie: The Biography written by Christopher Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DON REVIE – ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL MEN EVER TO GRACE THE GAME OF FOOTBALL 'Engrossing' - Sunday Times 'Impeccably researched... As a life and times, Evans's account is immaculate.' – Jonathan Liew, New Statesman 'A poignant and engrossing read... a well-crafted biography.' – FourFourTwo 'Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this superb biography sheds new light on one of the most controversial, enigmatic figures in football history' – Leo McKinstry, journalist, historian and award-winning author 'Excellent' – Johnny Giles, Leeds United legend 'Essential reading' Ryan Sabey, the Sun Whenever the greatest managers the game has ever produced are mentioned, names like Busby, Shankly, Paisley and Ferguson trip off the tongue. Despite dominating the game in the late 1960s and '70s there is one name missing: Don Revie, the former Leeds United and England manager. Revie was one of the most complex and controversial men ever to grace the game of football. As a player, he was crowned Footballer of the Year and credited with creating the modern centre-forward. As a manager, he took a Leeds United side languishing in the lower half of the second division and turned them into not only league champions, but one of the most dominant sides in the country. As England manager, Revie lost the magic touch and became increasingly indecisive. After three years in the role and fearing the sack, Revie became the first man to walk out on England. Then came the backlash. Revie was branded a traitor and banned from the game for 10 years, and the press declared open season on the manager. Accused of offering bribes to throw matches, his reputation was destroyed. Shunned by the football establishment, he died just 12 years after walking out on England. Revie's death, at the age of 61, robbed him of the opportunity ever to rebuild his reputation as one of the most important figures ever seen in English football. The life and times of this multifaceted, enigmatic, pioneering football man have still never been fully explored and explained in detail before. Featuring new interviews with Johnny Giles, Kevin Keegan, Norman Hunter, Eddie Gray, Allan Clarke, Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Malcolm Macdonald and members of the Revie family, this long-overdue biography reveals how today's football owes so much to Don Revie. --- Shortlisted for THE SUNDAY TIMES Sports Book Awards 2022 'A no-holds-barred insight that convinces the reader that Don Revie stands amongst the giants of English football.' -Lord Mann 'Meticulously researched and expertly crafted exploration' - Jeff Powell, Daily Mail 'A superb read'. - Alex Montgomery, Chief football writer and former Chairman of the Football Writers Association

The Unforgiven

Author : Rob Bagchi
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1845138074
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book The Unforgiven written by Rob Bagchi and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961, when Don Revie became manager of Leeds United, they were a struggling Second Division club. By 1974 they had won two League Championships, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (twice), the FA Cup and the League Cup; players like Jack Charlton and Billy Bremner were household names. Yet this was a team that inspired neither admiration nor grudging respect, but rather a deep and visceral loathing – matched only by the bellicose devotion of their own supporters. The undeniable artistry of players like striker Allan Clarke was overshadowed by a ruthless professionalism, epitomised in the scything tackles of Norman Hunter. Still, when Revie’s Leeds United side were let off the leash – the 7-0 humiliation of Southampton is enshrined in Match of the Day mythology – their brilliance was compelling. At the heart of their outlaw status was the eccentric personality of Don Revie himself. Clad in his lucky blue suit, a man for whom team-building meant rounds of carpet bowls, here reigned less a football manager than, in his own estimation, the ‘head of the family’. The aftermath of the Revie era is explored, including Brian Clough’s infamous 44 days at the helm of the ‘Damned United’. The Unforgiven is the definitive history of the most defiantly unconventional team in British football.

We Are the Damned United

Author : Phil Rostron
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969391
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book We Are the Damned United written by Phil Rostron and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Clough's forty-four-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974 is one of the most infamous episodes in British football history. While the bestselling The Damned United was a fictional account of Clough's short-lived but controversial reign at the club, We Are the Damned United reveals the true story, as told by the players he managed at the time. It includes candid contributions from legendary names such as Peter Lorimer, Eddie Gray and Terry Yorath, who reveal what it was like to make the transition from the relatively smooth management style of Don Revie to a constant crossing of swords with the outspoken Clough, who left the club flailing at the foot of the league upon his premature departure. We Are the Damned United tells it how it really was rather than how it might have been.

100 Years of Leeds United

Author : Daniel Chapman
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 1785784315
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of Leeds United written by Daniel Chapman and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED TO INCLUDE ALL THE ACTION FROM THE CLUB'S TITLE-WINNING CENTENARY YEAR. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEEDS UNITED 'Every up and down at Leeds United. Essential reading.' Phil Hay The definitive history of Leeds United's first century. 100 Years of Leeds United tells the story of a one-club city and its unique relationship with its football team. Since its foundation in 1919, Leeds United Football Club has seen more ups and downs than most, rising to global fame through an inimitable and uncompromising style in the 70s, clinching the last Division One title prior to the Premier League's inauguration in 1992, before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the 21st century. United finally restored their top flight status after a sixteen-year wait with an unstoppable promotion campaign in the club's 100th year; the transformation under manager Marcelo Bielsa fittingly reminiscent of those instigated by Howard Wilkinson and Don Revie decades earlier. In 100 Years of Leeds United, Chapman delves deep into the archives to discover the lesser-known episodes, providing fresh context to the folkloric tales that have shaped the club we know today, painting the definitive picture of the West Yorkshire giants.

Revie's Boys

Author : David Saffer
Publisher : Vertical
ISBN 13 : 9781904091585
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Revie's Boys written by David Saffer and published by Vertical. This book was released on 2011 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author David Saffer provides a biography for every one of the 75 Leeds United players in the Don Revie era. Many, such as Mike Addy, Keith Edwards, Paul Peterson and John Shaw never made the grade at first team level, while others including Mick Jones, Norman Hunter, Eddie Gray and Peter Lorimer went on to achieve legendary status.

The Damned Utd

Author : David Peace
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571246079
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Damned Utd written by David Peace and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Mike Atherton's 'Top Ten Best Sports Books' in The Times In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps his most eccentric decision: he accepted the Leeds United manager's job. As successor to Don Revie, his bitter adversary, he was to last only 44 days. In one of the most acclaimed novels of this or any other year, David Peace takes us into the mind and thoughts of Ol'Big'Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of post-war Britain's most complex and fascinating characters.

Don Revie

Author : Andrew Mourant
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780574983
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Don Revie written by Andrew Mourant and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Revie was the football man about whom few were neutral. The Leeds United team he created was possibly the finest in the history of English league football, one of legendary endurance, it characters strong and unyeilding. Yet is remained unpopular, for many felt its voracious pursuit of honours was hallmarked by cynicism and ruthlessness. This fascinating study of Revie, one of English football's most complex and controversial figures, examines the factors and influences that moulded him. In interviews with team-mates, the footballers he managed and others who worked alongside him, Andrew Mourant reflects on the many seemingly paradoxical aspects of Revie's nature. After depicting Revie's childhood living on the breadline in Middlesbrough, from which the game was his great escape, Mourant traces his development through playing days with five league clubs to management of Leeds United, England and beyond. He also considers the legacy Revie left Leeds: a craving for a return to the days of glory and triumph he engineered. It is a turbulent story of success and failure. The tragic nature of Revie's untimely death in 1989 through motor neurone disease served only to sharpen memories of his achievements. He continues to cast a shadow over Elland Road and remains the yardstick against whom all successors are judged. Amid the triumphs, near misses and traumas, his reign brought Leeds United an era of unparalleled prosperity and stability. The story of Revie's career is one of intense dedication, willpower and pursuit of the near impossible. For some it was an inspiration; while for others its darker elements tainted the success he brought to Elland Road and all he strove to achieve for England.

No Glossing Over It

Author : Gary Edwards
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780571461
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book No Glossing Over It written by Gary Edwards and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1964 and 1992, Leeds United won eleven fabulous trophies, but the team were runners-up just as often. They missed out on many more titles and cups, not least club football's greatest prize, the European Cup, in 1975. In No Glossing Over It, lifelong Leeds United fan Gary Edwards reveals why the club has dramatically lost out on victory in many of these competitions and how it has been the victim of a pattern of serial abuse by the footballing authorities - most recently seen in the unprecedented 15-point sanction meted out at the start of the 2007-08 season. Featuring the views of former Leeds players and managers, as well as top-flight referees and diehard fans, No Glossing Over It examines the injustices that have befallen Leeds United and sheds new light on the shocking events that have long rankled with the club's supporters.

Clough and Revie

Author : Roger Hermiston
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969235
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Clough and Revie written by Roger Hermiston and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Revie and Brian Clough were born a brisk walk away from each other in Middlesbrough, in 1927 and 1935 respectively. They were brought up in a town ravaged by the Depression and went on to become highly successful professional footballers. Then, as young managers, they both took clubs languishing in the doldrums (Leeds United and Derby County) and moulded them into championship winners. Despite the myriad similarities, these two sons of the Tees were as different in character as Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. A bitter rivalry developed between them, which in turn enlivened and then blighted English football in the 1960s and '70s. In Clough and Revie, exclusive interviews with players, relatives and friends shed fresh light on these two intriguing characters. Part footballing chronicle, part social history, the book is a revelatory exploration of the rivalry between the two men. It brings a fresh perspective on their early years in the North-East, tells how they nearly became teammates and explains why the feud began and what its repercussions were.

Champagne Football

Author : Mark Tighe
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 1844884945
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Champagne Football written by Mark Tighe and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NO.1 BESTSELLER! 'I read it in one sitting, it's a superb book' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand 'An astonishing exposé' Martin Ziegler, The Times Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own personal fiefdom. He had his critics, but his power was never seriously challenged until 2019, when Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan published a sequence of stories in the Sunday Times containing damaging revelations about his personal compensation and the parlous financial situation of the FAI. Delaney's reputation as a great financial manager was left in tatters. He resigned under pressure, and the FAI was left hoping for a massive bail-out from the Irish taxpayer. Champagne Football is a gripping, sometimes darkly hilarious and often enraging piece of reporting by the award-winning journalists who finally pulled back the curtain on the FAI's mismanagement. ____________ 'Excellent' Irish Sun 'A jaw-dropping story ... brilliant' Irish Times 'Essential reading' Irish Daily Star 'Astonishing ... Side-splittingly hilarious' Guardian 'A damning account' Sunday Independent 'An instant classic, one of the all-time great Irish sports books' Alan English 'Excellent ... includes staggering detail' Daily Mail 'A cracking read ... [An] incredible amount of jaw-dropping detail' Matt Cooper 'One of the most hotly-anticipated sport books of the year' Brendan O'Connor 'A masterpiece' Tommy Martin 'At last, the truth of his ruinous reign has been rigorously and painstakingly exposed' Irish Daily Mail 'An absolutely extraordinary book' Eoin McDevitt, Second Captains 'Remarkable. The desperate story of Irish football but also a book about how Ireland works. Outstanding' Dion Fanning

And it was Beautiful

Author : Phil Hay
Publisher : Seven Dials
ISBN 13 : 1841885185
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book And it was Beautiful written by Phil Hay and published by Seven Dials. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER The behind-the-scenes story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of hurt. FEATURING FRESH PERSONAL INSIGHT FROM MARCELO BIELSA On 27th February 2022, after 170 matches in charge, promotion to the Premier League and some of the most exhilarating football the English game has ever seen, Leeds United parted company with their most beloved and successful manager in a generation: Marcelo Bielsa. His parting gift was to embrace the crowds of adoring fans who turned up to say thank you as he left the club's training ground for the final time. In And it was Beautiful, The Athletic's Phil Hay chronicles Leeds United's glorious first season back in the top flight - which saw them finish ninth - after a chaotic sixteen-year absence. Phil pulls back the curtain on the hallmarks that now define the Marcelo Bielsa era, from his gruelling training schedule - including his infamous 'murderball' sessions - to innovative tactical methods that elevated Championship regulars into Premier League stars. Bielsa performed miracles, turning football into high art and making an extraordinary cultural impact on the city of Leeds. The result is a unique and fitting tribute to a Leeds United icon.

The Last Champions

Author : Dave Simpson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593069269
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Last Champions written by Dave Simpson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The triumph and tragedy of the Leeds team that won the First Division championship in 1992 -- and what happened next. When the Leeds United players celebrated winning the championship at Bramall Lane on 26 April 1992, they could not have had an inkling of how momentous the occasion was. Manchester United, losers at Liverpool that sunny Sunday afternoon, had now gone 25 years without winning the league. Howard Wilkinson's side, promoted just two seasons ago, could bring back the glory days to Leeds. But Wilkinson would prove to be the last English manager to win the league. In 1992, football changed beyond all recognition. Twenty years on, The Last Champions looks back in joy at the roots of that success but also in anger at the rollercoaster ride that has happened since. As in his acclaimed book The Fallen, Dave Simpson's quest to catch up with all the protagonists of the era, from the wily Wilkinson and top scorer Lee Chapman to the majestic midfield of Strachan, McAllister, Batty and Speed (not forgetting Eric Cantona, of course), sees him unearth some extraordinary untold stories. But he then begins to find Leeds to be a symbol of modern football times -- Premier League to Champions League, boom to very bust -- and asks, where did it all go wrong?"--Publisher description.

Revie

Author : Richard Sutcliffe
Publisher : Great Northern
ISBN 13 : 9781905080786
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Revie written by Richard Sutcliffe and published by Great Northern. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Revie remains one of football's most controversial and complex characters. Through the eyes of those who knew him best, family, friends, team-mates, players, colleagues and even a member of the royal family, this title tells how a child born in Middlesbrough in the depression-hit 1920s rose to the very top as both a player and manager.

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

Leeds United: A History

Author : Dave Tomlinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445645122
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Leeds United: A History written by Dave Tomlinson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete and definitive history of the Whites.

Careless Hands

Author : Stuart Sprake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752442013
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Careless Hands written by Stuart Sprake and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of the infamous custodian of Don Revie's all-conquering Leeds United, re-establishing Sprake in the pantheon of goalkeeping greats and addressing the fall-out from the match-fixing scandal that rocked Leeds in the 1970s.

The Only Place for Us

Author : Jon Howe
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781785318832
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Only Place for Us written by Jon Howe and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leeds United's Elland Road home is full of intrigue, character and formidable acoustics, yet it started life as a barren and featureless patch of land surrounded by coalfields. The Only Place For Us is the fascinating history of the stadium and its changing local environment, revealing the background stories behind Elland Road's most famous features and characters, and the astonishing events it has witnessed. Along the way there have been fires and gypsy curses mixed with cherished memories including the diamond floodlights, the West Stand façade and escapee pantomime horses. Using forensic research, insiders' insights, archive photographs and fans' memories, Jon Howe retraces a historical journey full of tragedy, nostalgia and improbable innovation, to show how Leeds United's home ground became one of Europe's most feared football grounds. Through triumph and adversity, neglect and redevelopment, Elland Road has emerged as a prominent, modern stadium that's still alive with history. This is its unique story.