Alan Mullery Autobiography

Author : Alan Mullery
Publisher : Headline
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472241481

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Alan Mullery Autobiography by Alan Mullery Pdf

Fearless. Competitive. Controversial. Three words that sum up the football career of Alan Mullery. His passion for football is matched by a stream of anecdotes about the players that have filled his professional life, including Bobby Moore, Pele, Johnny Haynes, Jimmy Greaves and George Best. Here, for the first time, Mullery lets the reader into the secrets he has previously kept hidden: the shame of being sent off for England; the true story behind England's 1970 World Cup quarter-final defeat; how he sold one thousand Cup final tickets on the black market; the bitterness behind the cheers of Spurs' 1972 UEFA Cup victory and the naked blonde in the hotel. In addition, he relates from the heart his darkest moments, brought on by stiffling financial pressure, and how he had to look deep within himself to come through the other end.

Author : Alan Mullery,Brian Woolnough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Soccer players
ISBN : 0720716330

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Alan Mullery by Alan Mullery,Brian Woolnough Pdf

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Athletes
ISBN : 0714652520

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British Sport: Biographical studies of British sportsmen, sportswomen, and animals by Richard William Cox Pdf

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.

Author : Richard Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135287771

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British Sport - a Bibliography to 2000 by Richard Cox Pdf

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.

Author : Darryl Telles
Publisher : Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781861518293

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We're Queer And We Should Be Here by Darryl Telles Pdf

Author : Alex Duff
Publisher : Constable
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781408719398

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Smart Money by Alex Duff Pdf

In 1978, when Alex Duff first went to watch Brentford, players would go on midweek pub crawls near the Griffin Park stadium. Sometimes, in no fit state to go home, they would crash out in a terraced home where one of them lived opposite the stadium gates. The next morning, they clambered into a white van which one of them would drive to training, stopping on the way for a bacon sandwich and cup of tea at a greasy spoon café. Brentford had once played in the top-flight but now, idling in the third division, were a second home for players and supporters, but there was neither the ambition nor money to revive their best days. They bumbled along until in 2005, fed up with trying to make a profit from a club with an ageing stadium in an unfashionable west London suburb, owner Ron Noades agreed to hand over the business to supporters on the condition they take over responsibility for their £5.5 million overdraft. One of the fans, an Oxford University physics graduate called Matthew Benham, was making millions of pounds from professional gambling and threw in a £500,000 lifeline to help keep the club afloat. Initially, as a sort of academic challenge, he began figuring out if he could employ the mathematics which he used in beating the bookmakers to improve the club's performance on the pitch. Smart Money is the story of how a scientist with an inquiring mind was set loose in a backwater of professional football, and how he turned a modest, little-known team into a competitor in one of the world's most-watched sports leagues.

Author : Peter J. Seddon,Cynthia McKinley,British Library
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015063296142

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A Football Compendium by Peter J. Seddon,Cynthia McKinley,British Library Pdf

This bibliography is an entertaining and knowledgeable tribute to the beautiful game. The second edition features over 2000 new entries - including greatly increased coverage of football films and music - making over 7000 references to books and other items in total.

Author : Spencer Vignes
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785904370

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Bloody Southerners by Spencer Vignes Pdf

In 1973, Brian Clough and Peter Taylor stunned the football world by taking charge of Brighton & Hove Albion, a sleepy backwater club that had rarely done anything in its 72-year existence to trouble the headline writers. The move made no sense. Clough was managerial gold dust, having led Derby County to the Football League title and the semi-finals of the European Cup. He and his sidekick Peter Taylor could have gone anywhere. Instead they chose Brighton, sixth bottom of the old Third Division. Featuring never-before-told stories from the players who were there, Bloody Southerners lifts the lid for the first time on what remains the strangest managerial appointment in post-war English football, one that would push Clough and Taylor's friendship and close working relationship to breaking point.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215547287

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : Brian Scovell
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843586692

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Bill Nicholson by Brian Scovell Pdf

Bill Nicholson was revered as one of the most honest football managers in the business. Between 1960 and 1964 he turned Tottenham Hotspur into the finest team in Britain. This book, the first biography of Nicholson, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Tottenham's pioneering 1961 Double, which Nicholson followed up in 1963 by becoming the first manager to win a European trophy. By moulding great players like Dave Mackay, Danny Blanchflower, John White, Cliff Jones and Jimmy Greaves into an almost perfectly balanced team, he set new standards of attacking play. Nicholson was born in Scarborough in 1919. At the age of 17 he took the night train alone to London, signed for Spurs on GBP2 a week and spent the rest of his life with the club as player, coach, manager, scout and President. He never had a contract, spurned bonuses and lived ten minutes' walk from the ground with his remarkable wife, who was known as Darkie, until his death in 2004. He is still revered by Tottenham fans as one of the most important figures in the club's history. This well-researched book offers a new, kinder impression of this much-loved man.

Author : Brian Horton
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781785317439

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Two Thousand Games by Brian Horton Pdf

Brian Horton is one of the most respected managers in English football. As a player, manager and assistant, he took part in over 2,000 games - in Britain only Sir Alex Ferguson can claim more. Horton's career started in the World Cup summer of 1966 and ended over half a century later. His playing career began unceremoniously when Port Vale bought him from non-league Hednesford for the price of a pint of shandy. But later, as Brighton captain, he became a club legend, skippering the Seagulls from the Third to the First Division. He continued this success at Luton and Hull, before managing the Yorkshire side. Horton further distinguished himself as boss at Oxford and then Manchester City, keeping the Citizens in the Premier League for two thrilling seasons. Spells at Huddersfield, Brighton, Port Vale and Macclesfield followed before Brian was catapulted back to the Premier League at Hull City as assistant manager to Phil Brown. He continued to work with Brown at Preston, Southend and Swindon until his retirement in 2018.

Author : Jack Rollin,Glenda Rollin
Publisher : Headline Book Publishing
Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
ISBN : 075531820X

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Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008-2009 by Jack Rollin,Glenda Rollin Pdf

This guide covers the 2006 World Cup qualifying competition and England's bids to make the finals in Germany. Details of the UEFA Champions League are featured, as well as English and Scottish league/cup games, Nationwide Conference clubs and an invaluable season-by-season who's-who style players directory.

Author : Matthew Horner
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780956276919

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He Shot, He Scored by Matthew Horner Pdf

The book chronicles the life and career of footballer Peter Ward who played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Nottingham Forest and England. Ward also played professionally in the USA and was the Player of the Year in 1982 when part of the Seattle Sounders team that played New York Cosmos in the Soccer Bowl.

Author : Matt Dickinson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446483329

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Bobby Moore by Matt Dickinson Pdf

‘Immaculate footballer. Imperial defender. Immortal hero of 1966. Master of Wembley. Captain extraordinary. Gentleman of all time.’ These are some of the words inscribed beneath the statue of England’s World Cup-winning captain, Bobby Moore, at Wembley stadium. Since Moore’s death, of bowel cancer at just 51, these accolades represent the accepted view of this national treasure. But what do we actually know about Bobby Moore as a person? What about the grit alongside the glory? Moore was undeniably an extraordinary captain and player. Pelé called him the greatest – and fairest – defender he ever played against. His feats for West Ham United and England are legendary and his technical mastery of the game ahead of its time. Few footballers since have come close to his winning combination of intelligence, skill, temperament and class. Yet off the pitch, Moore knew scandal, bankruptcy, divorce and drink. What about the string of failed businesses, whispers of bad behaviour, links to the East End underworld and turbulent private life? Ignored by the football world post-retirement, this great of the game drifted into obscurity and, famously, there was no knighthood. Acclaimed football writer Matt Dickinson traces the journey of this Essex boy who became the patron saint of English football, peeling away the layers of legend and looking at Moore’s life from all sides – in triumph, in failure, in full.

Author : Mike Donovan
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781785319648

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Football's Braveheart by Mike Donovan Pdf

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.