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Ah'm Tellin' Thee - a Biography of Tommy Banks, Bolton Wanderers and England

Author : Ian Seddon
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1908341939
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Ah'm Tellin' Thee - a Biography of Tommy Banks, Bolton Wanderers and England written by Ian Seddon and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy Banks...Is this a story that is any different to the plethora of footballers' autobiographies that cram the bookshelves of the High Street retailers? The reality is that this is a story of a very talented, very proud and extremely honourable and dignified man. A man who recognised the wrongs of the professional footballers' contracts in the post-war era and, in his own words and dialect, was determined to "purrit reet." This down to earth charismatic Farnworth lad played an integral and pivotal role in changing the way footballers were treated and paid. There is absolutely no doubt that the celebrity footballers we recognise today bear no comparison to the men that Tommy took up the cause for. However they would do well to read, recognise and, most importantly, respect the part that Tommy and several others played in changing the landscape of the present modern day footballer. Tommy Banks...family man, coal miner, hod carrier, Bolton Wanderer and England footballer, a warm hearted man with a bulldog spirit and a builder of dreams. Ah'm tellin' thee is a humble, honest and heartfelt account of a local lad made good. Tommy was astute and quick, wingers didn't like playing against him, he was belligerent, he would clatter them if required and played mind games with them. Francis Lee Today's multi-millionaire footballers owe a great debt to the son of Farnworth who might well have been formed out of the very coal pits which featured in that area as he was granite like, a great player, great person and a great character. from the Foreword by Gordon Taylor Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers Association I admire him, a gifted footballer he was also a leader, you could hear him all over the field roaring out instructions and praise. Dennis Stevens He had a lot to say on and off the field but knew his football and was a master of his craft. If you had any soft spot in your make up he'd exploit it, few if any got the better of him. Every time I see him I always try to think of something fun to say but he always beats me to it, a lovely man. Bobby Charlton

Preston North End Miscellany

Author : David Clayton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750983965
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Preston North End Miscellany written by David Clayton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Preston North End Miscellany – a book on the Lilywhites like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legend. From the days of Tom Finney to the management of Darren Ferguson – from the FA Cup triumphs and league titles of yesteryear to the man-mountain that is Jon Parkin, The Preston North End Miscellany is the ultimate book of trivia on the club and a treasure trove of information that you can dip in and out of at your leisure. A book that will make you smile, laugh out loud, sigh and reflect with hundreds of stories about why this club remains one of the best in the world, despite an absence from the top-flight stretching back . . . well, let’s look forward instead of behind! A book no self-respecting PNE fan should be without.

Fifty

Author : Jon Driscoll
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785318136
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Fifty written by Jon Driscoll and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football's Fifty Most Influential Players tells the story of football through its best and most influential players, from the 19th century to the modern day. Most of the 50 are household names-Pele, Charlton, Maradona, Jimmy Hill, Matthews, Best, Zidane, and Messi-and those who aren't certainly deserve to be. You'll read about football's first black superstar Jose Andrade, a 1930 World Cup winner with Uruguay who died in poverty. There's Lily Parr, a Woodbine-smoking behemoth of the women's game who is more famous now than when she died. Then there's Robbie Rogers, the second male footballer in Britain to come out as gay. Though Rogers wasn't a great player, his story will restore some faith after Justin Fashanu's appalling experiences as a gay footballer in the 1980s. Similarly, Jean-Marc Bosman made an indelible mark, not on the pitch but through the courts, changing the way footballers are treated forever. It's not about the stats, tactics, or managers-this is the players' story, from war heroes and match-fixers to superstars and an African president.

British Sporting Champions

Author : Colin Edwards
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 139846497X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book British Sporting Champions written by Colin Edwards and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You do not leave school one day and win an Olympic gold medal the next. This book is about 50 sporting champions and how they got started. It contains a biography of each followed by their career records. It shows in detail their achievements from school, youth, under 20, under 30, to seminar level, from county, area, national and international honours. It is a multi-sport book that should appeal to multi-sport lovers.

Three Lions Versus the World

Author : Mark Pougatch
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1907195599
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Three Lions Versus the World written by Mark Pougatch and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***FOREWORD BY FABIO CAPELLO*** Since their first appearance in the competition in 1950, England's World Cup story has been one of broken dreams, bad luck, shock losses and penalty nightmares, with one shining exception in 1966, when they famously won the Cup after beating Germany 4-2. In Three Lions Versus the World, Mark Pougatch talks to those who have shaped England's World Cup odyssey, from Brazil 1950 when England lost to the amateurs of America, through the triumph of 1966 and the subsequent failure to retain the Cup in 1970, to the spirit-sapping quarter-final defeats in Japan 2002 and Germany 2006. Household names such as Sir Tom Finney, Don Howe, Martin Peters, Trevor Brooking, Gary Lineker, Tony Adams, Glenn Hoddle and Danny Mills share their personal recollections of playing for England both on and off the pitch in the World Cup. Some reveal how they were affected by the demands placed upon them and by the mounting pressure of expectation from the English public. Others comment candidly on the myriad controversies to befall the England squad over the years. Massive highs are recounted and crushing lows painfully recollected. The contributors are united in the pride they shared in wearing the Three Lions shirt for their country in this most special of tournaments. The players' stories and anecdotes woven around the narrative of the World Cup itself, this is an unbeatable, entertaining and enlightening journey through half a century of English World Cup action that no football fan can afford to miss.

Eighty at Eighty

Author : Geoff Hurst
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1801501297
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Eighty at Eighty written by Geoff Hurst and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Geoff has an in-depth knowledge of all the major sports and his A to Z reflects this, running from Ali to Zidane. The book is filled with surprising facts.1966 legend Sir Geoff Hurst is the only footballer in history to score a World Cup final hat-trick. To mark his 80th birthday, he has named the 80 sportsmen who most inspired and motivated him throughout his life. Sir Geoff, who scored 24 goals in 49 England games, also had a talent for cricket, and has an in-depth knowledge of all the major sports. His A to Z of sporting heroes covers multiple sports and decades, from Muhammad Ali to Zinedine Zidane. The book is filled with surprising facts, and Sir Geoff challenges you to count how many times you exclaim, 'I didn't know that!' when reading his entertaining and enlightening breakdown on his sporting idols. Writing in collaboration with renowned sports historian Norman Giller, who reported Sir Geoff's West Ham debut in 1960, Hurst personalises each profile with anecdotes that offer a unique insight into the individual. Pitch Publishing are planning a similar book on the greatest post-war sportswomen, but for now enjoy Sir Geoff Hurst discussing his 80 greatest sportsmen.

Legends and Rebels of the Football World

Author : Norm Parkin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326058061
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Legends and Rebels of the Football World written by Norm Parkin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Parkin's exotic football career took him all around the world, and he's still coaching football teams in the Philippines. On 8 November 2013, he touched down at Manila airport, as a natural disaster unfolded around him. He decided to do something to help: to write a book about some of football's greatest legends and rebels. Long-term aid is still desperately needed to rebuild shattered lives in the Philippines. Norman travelled up and down the UK, and spent hours on the phone to capture the stories of the heroes, villains and true characters of football, from Stanley Matthews to Malcolm Macdonald. On a quest to discover the true heart and soul of the beautiful game, he met ex-players in pubs, cafes, offices and radio stations. Open the pages to discover a world of blood, sweat and broken bones, a far cry from the multi-million pound game that football has become today. All royalties after expenses from the sale of the book will go to the Philippines Typhoon Relief Fund.

Tommy Doc

Author : David Tossell
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780575092
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Tommy Doc written by David Tossell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 was also, however, a hostage to his own decision-making, costing Chelsea a shot at the First Division title when he banned eight players for breaking their curfew. Most famously, he was fired by United after FA Cup glory because he’d fallen in love with the physiotherapist’s wife. He was a much-travelled manager, and ‘I’ve had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus’ was among the well-worn one-liners that created the image of ‘The Doc’ as football’s stand-up comedian. But in Tommy Doc, David Tossell looks beyond the wisecracks, interviewing Docherty himself, as well as former players and colleagues, to examine a remarkable career and reveal the personal heartaches behind the laughter.

Football Fanatic

Author : Ken Ferris
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780578016
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Football Fanatic written by Ken Ferris and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book which landed the author in the Guinness Book of Records for his record-breaking 20,000-mile tour of every Football League Ground in England. The first edition was hugely successful and was listed by Sportspages Bookshop as one of the bestselling football books of the year. This new and enlarged edition features reports on all 93 grounds visited by the author and is a comprehensive and entertaining guide for every football fanatic.

The Great and the Good

Author : John Giles
Publisher : Hachette Books Ireland
ISBN 13 : 1444743643
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book The Great and the Good written by John Giles and published by Hachette Books Ireland. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Great and the Good, Ireland's leading football pundit and legend of the game John Giles looks back on more than fifty years of football, at developments in the game from the post-War period to the present day, the great players who drove it forward, the visionary managers and their teams, and the age-old question of what makes a player good and what makes one great. From his earliest days, John Giles can recall pondering the subject. 'You'd hear about certain 'great' players, such as Stanley Matthews, but no one would ever explain why they were great. And it's a thing that has always frustrated me: trying to define what makes a player great, and what separates the great from the good.' Now the man himself brings us the answers and celebrates the great ones, from Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, Dave Mackay, John Charles, Johnny Haynes and Jimmy Greaves to Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, John Robertson, Diego Maradona, Marco van Basten, Lionel Messi, Paul Scholes and many more. It will include a section on Irish players including detailed analysis of such greats as Roy Keane, Liam Brady and Paul McGrath. And, finally, Giles names the player he considers the greatest of them all.

One Night in Turin

Author : Pete Davies
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446443035
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book One Night in Turin written by Pete Davies and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This could well be the best book ever written about football' Time Out The memoir behind the documentary One Night in Turin, the inside story of a World Cup that changed our footballing nation forever. It was the World Cup semi-finals. On 4th July, 1990, in a stadium in Turin, Gazza cried, England lost and football changed forever. This is the inside story of Italia '90 - we meet the players, the hooligans, the agents, the journalists, the fans. Writer Pete Davies was given nine months full access to the England squad and their manager Bobby Robson. One Night in Turin is his thrilling insider account of the summer when football became the greatest show on earth.

British Sport: Biographical studies of British sportsmen, sportswomen, and animals

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714652528
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book British Sport: Biographical studies of British sportsmen, sportswomen, and animals written by Richard William Cox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

British Sport - a Bibliography to 2000

Author : Richard Cox
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135287708
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book British Sport - a Bibliography to 2000 written by Richard Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Hope and Glory

Author : Stuart Maconie
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409005755
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Hope and Glory written by Stuart Maconie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the 20th century, he visits the places where history happened and still echoes down the years. Stuart goes to Orgreave and Windsor, Wembley and Wootton Bassett, assembling a unique cast of Britons from Sir Edmund Hillary to Sid Vicious along the way. It’s quite a trip, full of sex and violence and the occasional scone and jigsaw. From pop stars to politicians, Suffragettes to punks, this is a journey around Britain in search of who we are.

Careers for Women

Author : Joanna Scott
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316363871
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Careers for Women written by Joanna Scott and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York in the late 1950s. A city, and a world, on the cusp of change . . . Maggie Gleason is looking toward the future. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new lives in New York City, Maggie works for legendary Port Authority public relations maven Lee K. Jaffe -- affectionately known to her loyal staff as Mrs. J. Having left Cleveland, Maggie has come to believe that she can write any story for herself that she imagines. Pauline Moreau is running from the past -- and a shameful secret. She arrives in the city on the brink of despair, saddled with a young daughter who needs more love, attention, and resources than Pauline can ever hope to provide. Seeing that Pauline needs a helping hand, Mrs. J tasks Maggie with befriending, and looking after, Pauline. As the old New York gives way to the new, and Mrs. J's dream of the world's largest skyscraper begins to rise from the streets of lower Manhattan, Pauline -- with the aid of Maggie and Mrs. J -- also remakes herself. But when she reignites the scandal that drove her to New York, none of their lives will ever be the same. Maggie must question everything she thought she knew about love, work, ambition, and family to discover the truth about the enigmatic, strong woman she thought she had rescued. Careers for Women is a masterful novel about the difficulties of building a career, a dream, or a life -- and about the powerful small mercies of friendship and compassion.

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317372522
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

When Footballers Were Skint

Author : Jon Henderson
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785903853
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book When Footballers Were Skint written by Jon Henderson and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019 Long before perma-tanned football agents and TV mega-rights ushered in the age of the multimillionaire player, footballers' wages were capped – even the game's biggest names earned barely more than a plumber or electrician. Footballing legends such as Tom Finney and Stanley Matthews shared a bond of borderline penury with the huge crowds they entertained on Saturday afternoons, on pitches that were a world away from the pristine lawns of the game's modern era. Instead of the gleaming sports cars driven by today's top players, the stars of yesteryear travelled to matches on public transport and returned to homes every bit as modest as those of their supporters. Players and fans would even sometimes be next-door neighbours in a street of working-class terraced houses. Based on the first-hand accounts of players from a fast disappearing generation, When Footballers Were Skint delves into the game's rich heritage and relates the fascinating story of a truly great sporting era.