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From Thistle to Lion

Author : Carol Bain
Publisher : Mainstream
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1840188561

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From Thistle to Lion tells the astonishing story of this rapid ascent by one of Scotland's most extraordinary clubs. Ferranti, Meadowbank, Livingston - call it what you will - this unfashionable club has always been known as one of the friendliest in Scotland and one with family atmosphere. Yet, like all the best families, it has also had to face rows, splits and bitter controversy along the way. This long-awaited book reveals how Ferranti Thistle developed from a wartime factory team to become one of the best-run clubs in non-League Scottish football. And how they had to fight to be allowed to play in the Scottish Cup. The book sheds light on one of the many controversial episodes in this club's short history - the Football League forced it to change both its ground and its famous old name. It then details the most bitter controversy of all to hit the club - its decision to leave Edinburgh and head for Livingston.

The Lisbon Lions

Author : Billy McNeill,Jim Craig,Tommy Gemmell
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845028701

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The Lisbon Lions by Billy McNeill,Jim Craig,Tommy Gemmell Pdf

On May 25, 1967 Celtic Football Club made history by becoming the first British team to win the European Cup. Eleven players, all born within a 30-mile radius of Celtic Park, beat the Italian aristocrats of Inter Milan and took their place forever in the annals of fame. This is the story, four decades after that memorable triumph in the Portuguese capital, of each of the eight surviving Lisbon Lions, their own official take on exactly what happened before, during and after that never-to-be-forgotten encounter that shook the football world.Remarkably, the Lions have never sat down in the intervening 40 years and put their exclusive thoughts together in one book - this is that unique book. Billy McNeill, Jim Craig, Tommy Gemmell, John Clark, Willie Wallace, Stevie Chalmers, Bertie Auld and Bobby Lennox give their forthright views on the march towards Lisbon and a place in football history.Who was the Lisbon Lion who thought the European Cup Final was the easiest game of the season? Who now admits he made life difficult for Jock Stein? Who was the player who was conned by the Celtic manager? Which Lion had a running battle with his team-mates throughout the European Cup Final?And who thought Celtic had won the trophy before the kick-off? All is revealed!"The Lions" also give fascinating and thought-provoking insights to manager supreme Jock Stein, goalkeeper extraordinary Ronnie Simpson, midfield master Bobby Murdoch and the incomparable Jimmy Johnstone.Candid, frank and funny, "The Lisbon Lions: The Real Inside Story" reveals the secrets of Lisbon 1967, unlocked by the men who knew the inside track - the players themselves.

A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests

Author : Joan Corder
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0851155545

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A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests by Joan Corder Pdf

A record of crests of Suffolk and Norfolk families arranged by charge or object, covering 600 years and c.8,000 names. This volume offers a comprehensive guide to the heraldry of Suffolk over more than six centuries, covering around 8,000 names and acting as a companion to the earlier Dictionary of Suffolk Arms(1965). It is the first attempt to produce an Ordinary of crests, a classification by charge or object using standardised groupings, arranged in such a manner that they may be readily identified when the name of the bearer is unknown; the usual arrangement isalphabetical by name, an Armory. Although it relates specifically to Suffolk, many crests relating to Norfolk families are given, the two counties having always been closely connected heraldically and genealogically. The book willbe of interest for all those interested in heraldry and, on a wider level, act as a handbook for the identification of crests when borne alone, on artefacts ranging from signet rings and silverware to pub signs and school uniformcrests. JOAN CORDER, the author of a Dictionary of Suffolk Arms, is an independent scholar and recognised authority on East Anglian heraldry.

Hearts of Lions

Author : Peter Joffre Nye
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496219312

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Hearts of Lions by Peter Joffre Nye Pdf

Bike racers were America’s media darlings less than a century ago—dashing, eccentric, and very rich daredevils. Until the 1920s bike races drew larger crowds than all other American sports events, including Major League Baseball games. Prize-winning racer and journalist Peter Joffre Nye vividly re-creates this period of sports history, forgotten until now, in Hearts of Lions, a true story of courage, daring, and occasional lunacy. Revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition of Hearts of Lions is based on interviews with more than one thousand cyclists whose racing careers span from 1908 through the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with interviews with trainers and family members. Included are stories about Joseph Magnani, the lone American from southern Illinois who rode on the dusty roads of Europe in road racing’s golden era of the 1930s and 1940s; Lance Armstrong, whose rise in the mid-1990s was eclipsed in the doping era that still casts a long shadow over the sport; Kristin Armstrong, a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set new standards for women in cycling; and Evelyn “Evie” Stevens, who chucked a Wall Street career in her mid-twenties to compete in two Olympics and win several world championship gold medals. Hearts of Lions is a colorful, exciting, classic work on the art of bicycle racing over 140 years against a backdrop of social, political, and technical changes.

A Guide to the Coins of Great Britain & Ireland

Author : William Stewart Thorburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Coins, English
ISBN : OXFORD:302163227

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A Guide to the Coins of Great Britain & Ireland by William Stewart Thorburn Pdf

Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Scottish & English Coins, Jacobite and Other Medals, Being the Cabinet of Sheriff Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot., Dornoch, and of Two Other Collectors, Comprising Scottish Coins from David I to James VIII, 03/14/1883

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385304611

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Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Scottish & English Coins, Jacobite and Other Medals, Being the Cabinet of Sheriff Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot., Dornoch, and of Two Other Collectors, Comprising Scottish Coins from David I to James VIII, 03/14/1883 by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Behind The Lions

Author : Stephen Jones,Tom English,Nick Cain
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780857905291

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Behind The Lions by Stephen Jones,Tom English,Nick Cain Pdf

For over 130 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a symbol of the ethics, values and romance at the heart of rugby union. To represent the Lions is the pinnacle for every international player in Britain and Ireland, and the dream of tens of thousands of avid fans who fol-low them. A Lions tour, undertaken every four years to the southern hemisphere, is more than a series of rugby matches played out on foreign fields; it is an epic crusade where the chosen few face a succession of mental and physical chal-lenges on their way to the Test arena, where they do battle with the superpowers of the world game. Behind the Lions sees seven esteemed rugby writers delve to the very heart of what it means to be a Lion, using diaries and letters from those who pioneered the concept, to interviews with a vast array of players who have followed in their footsteps. In so doing they have uncovered the passion, pride and honour experienced when taking up the unique challenge of a Lions tour. This is a tale of heart-break and ecstasy, humour and poignancy that is at once inspirational, moving and utterly compelling. And it is the only story worth hearing: the players' own.

Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum

Author : British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Broadsides
ISBN : UOM:39015024852801

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Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum by British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings Pdf

A.D. 1761 to C. A.D. 1770

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 958 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00089161

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A.D. 1761 to C. A.D. 1770 by Anonim Pdf