The Ghost Of White Hart Lane

Author : Julie Welch,Rob White
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407092294

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The Ghost of White Hart Lane by Julie Welch,Rob White Pdf

'Had John lived, he could have been one of the greatest footballers of all time' Jimmy Greaves When John White was killed by a bolt of lightning in 1964, the football world was rocked by the tragedy. White was just 27 years of age. Nicknamed the 'Ghost' for the way that he could drift into space undetected, White played inside-forward for the great double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of the early sixties. British football was entering a golden period and Bill Nicholson's free-flowing Spurs side was right at the forefront. White himself was on the cusp of greatness. Even alongside giants of the game like Dave Mackay and Danny Blanchflower, he stood out as a playmaker with incredible vision and touch. White lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup for Spurs (the first European trophy won by any British side) and gained 22 caps for Scotland, but he was also a family man. Six months before he died, his beloved wife Sandra, gave birth to their second child, a son called Rob. Rob White never knew his father. The man who was known by hundreds of thousands of football fans across the country, was a complete stranger to him. The Ghost of White Hart Lane is the result of interviews with his father's teammates, followers, and family members. Within these pages Rob White and Julie Welch have built up a portrait, not only of a brilliant and gifted young man, but also of a lost era.

Author : Rob White Welch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1407092308

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Ghost of White Hart Lane by Rob White Welch Pdf

Author : Rob White,Julie Welch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407092317

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The Ghost by Rob White,Julie Welch Pdf

When Spurs legend John White was killed by a bolt of lightning in 1964, the football world was rocked by the tragedy. He was just 27 years of age. Nicknamed the 'Ghost' for the way that he could drift into space undetected, White played an inspirational role in the great double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of the early 1960s. Every fan has a story about him. When White died, his son, Rob, was only six months old and so never knew his father. The man who was revered by hundreds of thousands of football fans across the country was a stranger to him. Beyond the grainy Cup Final footage and yellowed newspaper articles, there was so much Rob didn't know, questions he had never had an opportunity to ask. To find answers he set out to speak to White's former teammates, his family and followers, and built up a touching portrait of a gifted young footballer and of a lost era. 'Had John lived, he could have been one of the greatest footballers of all time' Jimmy Greaves With a new afterword for the paperback.

Author : James Morgan
Publisher : BackPage Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780956497116

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In Search of Alan Gilzean by James Morgan Pdf

NOMINATED FOR BEST FOOTBALL BOOK OF 2010 IN THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS Updated second edition True greatness does not feel the need to proclaim itself from the rooftops. It is happy to state its case quietly, yet with utter conviction. Alan Gilzean was a truly great footballer. Every observer of his talent confirms this as an indisputable fact: from the legendary Jimmy Greaves, who regards him as the best striker he ever played with, to Don Revie, the former Leeds United and England manager, who described the former Tottenham striker as the best touch player in Europe, and Spurs fans whose spine-tingling refrain, Gilzean, Gilzean, Born is the King of White Hart Lane, continues to echo down the generations. It is now 36 years since Gilzean retired from professional football and his life and times have become shrouded in mystery and rumour. All that exists are the memories of his greatness ... but how long before even those are forgotten forever? After fans on Tottenham Hotspur online forums claim that Gilzean is living as a down-and-out, James Morgan, a lifelong Spurs fan and sports journalist with The Herald, Scotland's leading quality newspaper, is filled with a fierce desire to separate fact from fiction and sets out on a journey In Search of Alan Gilzean. The facts of his illustrious career are down in black and white: 169 goals for Dundee, including 52 in one season, a record that stood until Henrik Larsson broke it in 2001; a league championship medal with the great Dundee team of the early 1960s; then, a move to Spurs in December 1964, where, over the course of the next decade, he forms unforgettable partnerships with Greaves and Martin Chivers. Gilzean's greatness shines like a beacon, but where is the rest of his story? Morgan soon discovers that a sprinkling of newspaper cuttings, a Wikipedia page and idle internet chatter, are all that exist of a life less ordinary. The Scottish Football Association Hall of Fame website included a Swede, Larsson, and a Dane, Brian Laudrup, but no Gillie. Dundee FC has named lounges after former players who are not fit to lace Gilzean's boots. Spurs haven't heard from him in years. Former team-mates are none the wiser. One of the best British strikers of his generation is a forgotten man. Morgan's desire to change this, and find out the full story, takes him on an exhilarating personal journey all over Britain. From Gillie's birthplace, in the small Perthshire village of Coupar Angus, to Dundee, London and beyond, he leaves no stone unturned. Initially, Gillie hovers in the shadow before emerging as a fascinating and complex character whose natural reticence has obscured his legacy. Morgan's portrait of the original King of White Hart Lane restores him to his rightful place in football folklore and stands as the only faithful testimony to the life of a bona fide British football legend.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1484 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Times (London, England)
ISBN : UCD:31175034713597

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The Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.

Author : Tommy Docherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0668046279

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The ABC of Soccer Sense by Tommy Docherty Pdf

Author : Charles Howard (of the Cyclists' touring club.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Cycling
ISBN : OXFORD:590507322

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The roads of England & Wales by Charles Howard (of the Cyclists' touring club.) Pdf

Author : Stationers' Company (London, England)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : CORNELL:31924092496060

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Index: Preface. Introduction. The records of the Worshipful company of stationers. By Charles Robert Rivington. 2d ed. Edinburgh, Printed by Turnbull & Spears, 1893. [Paper pub. separately 1883; now rev. to July 1893] A list, based on the registers of the Stationers company, of 847 London publishers (who were by trade, printers, engravers, booksellers, bookbinders, &c., &c.) between 1553 and 1640, A. D.; being a master key to English bibliography during a period in which almost all authorised books were printed in the metropolis; excepting principally a number which, from 1584-85 onwards, came from the university presses of Cambridge and Oxford. By Edward Arber. [An advance ed. of the list was pub. separately 1 May 1890; present ed., rev. and cor.] A bibliographical summary of English literature. 1553-1603. Index I: An index of the mechanical producers of English books, and of persons and places connected with them and with the Company of stationers of London. [It was not possible to print Index II: An index of the intellectual producers of English books] 1894 by Stationers' Company (London, England) Pdf

Author : Jack Holden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350270701

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Cruise by Jack Holden Pdf

Set in London's Soho in the 1980s, Cruise tells the story of what should have been Michael Spencer's last night on Earth. Diagnosed with HIV in 1984, he's told by doctors that he has just four years to live, so as the clock runs down, Michael decides to go out in style. As he parties and bids final farewells to his friends, the clock strikes zero and Michael... survives. With the gift of life, how can he go on living? Jack Holden's debut play Cruise is a kaleidoscopic new monologue celebrating queer culture and paying tribute to a generation of gay men lost to the AIDS crisis. This edition was published to coincide with its West End production in May 2021.

Author : Mike Donovan
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1785313266

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Glory, Glory Lane by Mike Donovan Pdf

Glory, Glory Lane is the life-affirming history - including a momentous last season - of a world-famous football stadium, home to Tottenham Hotspur for 118 years. A Victorian structure turned wraparound 21st-century all-seater, it became a theatre of dreams for supporters all attracted by teams which played the 'Spurs way' to achieve glory. The Lane gave a stage to a conveyor belt of legends from Cameron to Alli via Nicholson, Blanchflower, Greaves, Hoddle and Klinsmann. It provided unforgettable memories in unforgettable atmospheres - heart-lifting, heart-breaking, nerve-racking. Its story veers from founders obsessed by Harry Hotspur to Harry Kane via Harry Redknapp; through matches, personalities, ground developments and threatened closure, all with first-hand accounts. It's hard to imagine how a new �750m stadium can ever replace the edifice which shut its gates for the last time after Spurs played Manchester United in May 2017, having created a daunting legacy.

Author : Ralph Adams Cram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101007065418

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Black Spirits & White by Ralph Adams Cram Pdf

Author : Michelle Paver
Publisher : Orion
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409132585

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Dark Matter by Michelle Paver Pdf

January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to be the wireless operator on an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken. But the Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach the point of no return - when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible. And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark. This Special Edition Ebook will feature exclusive material: AUTHOR EXTRAS: Dark Matter ¿ An exclusive interview with Michelle Paver and an extended author biography with integrated photos of the landscape of Spitsbergen. COVER DESIGN: Dark Matter ¿ the jacket designer¿s take and cover design progression (5 x visuals). DARK MATTER - A SHORT FILM: Dark Matter ¿ Turning the novel into a short promotional film and Dark Matter - The Film Director's Cut, the rejected film scripts, the final film script and behind the scenes at filming (3 x visuals).

Author : Christine Paice
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743318263

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The Word Ghost by Christine Paice Pdf

This is England 1973, and fifteen-year-old Rebecca Budde is in love with Dave. After one glorious summer, Rebecca is forced to move with her family to Brightley, a village with a puddle for a pond, and no excitement at all. If only Dave were there...Very weird things are going on inside their new house, and even stranger things are happening in the village at night. Someone appears to be living in Rebecca's wardrobe. Someone else is on the balcony, trying to get in. Things don't make sense anymore as Algernon Keats steps from the shadows, his sister not far behind him. There's no Dave, two ghosts, a pub, a dog and Alex March, a dark and brooding artist, living in the Manor House down the road, whose interest in Rebecca is both puzzling and thrilling...What do Alex and Algernon want from Rebecca? What on earth does any of it mean? Is it possible to love a ghost? And what happens if he loves you back? The lights are out. Welcome to Brightley...Rebecca thinks love is forever, but sometimes it's not. And nor, sometimes, is death. 'The Word Ghost' is a funny, moving story about what it means to find love, lose love and discover who you are when you live in a village with no street lights and a decidedly dark side...

Author : Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780813128276

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The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick Pdf

" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.

Author : G. K. Chesterton,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton,Aeterna Press Pdf

The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealized exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great. Written in ballad form, the work is usually considered one of the last great traditional epic poems ever written in the English language. The poem narrates how Alfred was able to defeat the invading Danes at the Battle of Ethandun under the auspices of God working through the agency of the Virgin Mary. In addition to being a narration of Alfred's military and political accomplishments, it is also considered a Catholic allegory. Chesterton incorporates a significant amount of philosophy into the basic structure of the story. Aeterna Press