Scott Murray

The Title (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of the First Division

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Some folk will tell you the FA Premier League is the greatest show on earth. They may even have a point. But to build something so successful, so popular, so inescapable, you've got to have mighty strong foundations.

Prior to 1992, the old First Division was England's premier prize. Its rich tapestry winds back to 1888 and the formation of the Football League. A grand century-long tradition in danger of being lost in the wake of Premier League year zero.

No more! In The Title Scott Murray tells the lively, cherry-picked story of English football through the prism of the First Division. Rich with humour yet underpinned with solid research, this is a glorious meander across our national sport's varied terrain.

With as much about Burnley, Wolves, West Brom and Portsmouth as the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, we learn the less well-known stories the sport has to tell, such as the plight of Glossop, the smallest club to ever play top-flight football, and final day drama involving Huddersfield and Cardiff that knocks Michael Thomas into a cocked hat.

We bask in the managerial genius of Tom Watson, the bowler-hatted Victorian Mourinho; celebrate the joy of the Busby Babes; discover the shameless showmanship of George Allison; embark on righteous escapades with Hughie Gallacher; and meet some old favourites in Don Revie, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough.

At turns exciting, surprising, witty and bittersweet, The Title is a highly informed, fresh and affectionate love-letter to the English game, and a delight for any football fan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472936622
• Artikelnr.: 49062154

Autorenporträt

Scott Murray is a regular writer for the Guardian where he writes match reports on football and golf, as well as their much-loved daily newsletter, 'The Fiver'. He has written for many other publications including The Blizzard, The Nightwatchman, GQ, Eurosport.co.uk, FourFourTwo and Men's Health.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: Old Mac pours a cup of coffee (206bc to 1888
89) 1 Tom and George set a high bar (1888
89 to 1900
01) 2 Colin and Toffee Bob lead the renaissance (1901
02 to 1908
09) 3 Charlie misses two penalties (1909
10 to 1920
21) 4 Billy and Frank blow everyone's mind (1921
22 to 1925
26) 5 Hughie shoves a referee into the bath (1926
27 and 1927
28) 6 Norman releases a novelty record (1928
29 to 1930
31) 7 Herbert and George sprinkle some showbiz glitter (1931
32 to 1935
36) 8 Sam gets lost in the fog (1936
37 to 1938
39) 9 Stanley and Bob go to war (1946
47) 10 Dennis slips on a pebble (1947
48 to 1954
55) 11 Matt and Billy pick up the pieces (1955
56 to 1958
59) 12 Yvonne stokes a militant mood (1959
60 to 1961
62) 13 Johnny takes a taxi to the Orient (1962
63) 14 Jimmy reverses into a canal (1963
64 to 1964
65) 15 Malcolm speaks way too soon (1965
66 to 1970
71) 16 Brian takes off for Tresco (1971
72 to 1973
74) 17 Archie enjoys a kickabout in the street (1974
75 to 1979
80) 18 Helenio is turned away from the door (1980
81) 19 Chas & Dave wheel out the old Joanna (1981
82 to 1986
87) 20 Howard tucks into his Sunday roast (1987
88 to 1991
92) Afterword Bibliography Appendices Acknowledgements Index