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He is the larger-than-life figure who bounced back from rejection
at 16 and graduated from parks pitches to become a Premier League
goalkeeper, and later represent his country. Paddy Kenny's career
was certainly not straightforward... just like his life. In his
autobiography, Kenny lifts the lid on his time on and off the
football field - including dressing-room rucks, being beaten for
the Premier League's most famous goal and having his eyebrow bitten
off in a curry house, just days before he faced Cristiano Ronaldo,
Wayne Rooney and Manchester United. This is Kenny's story... and
the gloves are well and truly off.
A lot can happen in 90 minutes. From football's codification in
1863 to the modern era - goals, red cards and even substitutions
have led to some of the strongest and most remarkable sporting
legacies. The game has grown into the world's largest and most
supported sport, with all aspects of modern life being drawn into
its continually expanding empire. This book journeys through
football's incredible history to examine some of the game's most
fascinating minutes of play which, to this day, provoke lasting
memories. These key moments show how there is often far more to a
minute of football than just 60 seconds. The impact can last for
years, decades or centuries. By looking at the history of goals,
finals and even corners we get a clear picture of how football
became the game we know and love today. From the first goal in an
FA Cup Final to Diego Maradona's 'hand of God', The History of
Football in Ninety Minutes (Plus Extra Time) gives fuel to the
notion that every minute in football counts.
Hitting the Mark is the explosive, hard-hitting, no-holds-barred
autobiography of 80's and 90's football icon, Mark Hateley. Born
into a football family - Mark's father Tony played for among
others, Aston Villa, Liverpool and Chelsea - Mark was destined to
forge a career in the game. After starting out with Coventry City,
Mark spent a year at Portsmouth before earning a lucrative move to
Serie A with AC Milan. A fearsome, all-action centre forward with
an eye for goal, Mark immediately endeared himself to the fans of I
Rosseneri when he scored the winning goal in the Milan derby
against Internazionale. Still revered by the infamous Curva Sud
today, Mark left Milan in 1987 and joined Monaco. He scored 14
league goals and won the Ligue 1 title in his debut season, but two
serious ankle injuries ruled Mark out the game for the best part of
a year. Mark reflects honestly on his rehabilitation and the impact
his absence from football had on him. When he was fit to return to
action, Mark moved to Rangers for a fee of GBP1,000,000. And during
his time at Ibrox, he won six league titles, three Scottish League
Cups and two Scottish Cups. Mark struck fear into the hearts of
Scottish defences and scored over 100 goals for Rangers. He forged
a prolific partnership with Ally McCoist and became the first
Englishman to be voted Scotland's Player of the Year in 1994.
Despite this Mark was overlooked for a place in the England squad.
Capped 10 times at U21 level, Mark was the winner of the Golden
Player at the 1984 U21 European Championships and announced himself
at international level with a goal in the Maracana in 1984. But he
only added a further one cap to his senior level total of 32 while
with Rangers. In the book, Mark explains why he was overlooked so
often and how it galvanised him and made him play at an even higher
level for Rangers. Mark joined Queens Park Rangers in September
1995 but returned to Ibrox 18 months later to help the club clinch
their ninth successive league title. After a short spell as
player-manager of Hull City and an ill-fated move to Ross County,
Mark moved into the media and has latterly been an ambassador for
Rangers. Featuring an insight into what life was like in the inner
sanctum of each of the clubs he played for, Mark talks candidly
about the highs and lows of his career, his team-mates and managers
and how they helped shape his time in the game. The book also
analyses the Hateley family football dynasty. The foreword for the
book is by Graeme Souness, and there are contributions from leading
lights of world football, including, among others, Arsene Wenger,
Paolo Maldini, Sir David Murray and Glenn Hoddle. Mark rarely
missed the target during his career and Hitting the Mark is the
same, making it a must-read for football fans.
West Ham United: From East End Family to Globalised Fandom is the
story of the evolution of West Ham. It charts how a works football
team was transformed into a club that represented east London's
working classes, only to be transformed again in the late 20th and
early 21st centuries into a global brand with supporters in every
habitable place on Earth. Starting as the Thames Ironworks Ltd
works team, they changed their name to West Ham United in 1900,
shortly before moving to the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park. For
nearly a century they were supported by local working-class men
from across the East End of London until a series of economic,
social, cultural, geographical and technological changes brought
the club a global fanbase. Through surveying West Ham United fan
groups across the world, this book attempts to explain this
phenomenon and to get a sense of what the club means to those who
originally came from the East End, as well as to those who have no
biographical connection to the area.
Updated to include the Premier League Victory 2020 "It is the
intensity of the football, of how the people live football in
Liverpool, all the Liverpool fans around the world. It is not a
normal club, it is a special club." Jurgen Klopp Jurgen Klopp is
the charismatic German manager who single-handedly overthrew the
accepted order in German football, taking Borussia Dortmund from
nowhere to back-to-back Bundesliga titles and the Champions League
final. He had long been admired in the Premiership and was finally
wooed by Liverpool in the belief he could bring back the glory days
to the Kop. Klopp is revered as a master tactician with his own
unique playing philosophies. He is loved by his players for his
passion and man-management skills, and adored by fans for his
charm, wit and exciting football on the pitch. Here is the
definitive story of Jurgen Klopp - the normal one - and his
footballing genius.
To some, he is Mr Rotherham United. To Millers fans, he's a club
legend. To everyone, simply - 'Breck'. From toddler fan to Life
President, John Breckin's association with the club tops 50 years -
starting as an apprentice professional at only 14. Third on the
club's appearances list, no one knows The Millers better. His time
with Ronnie Moore is fondly regarded as a special era in Rotherham
United's modern history. In "BRECK: My Life in Football" his fund
of tales and anecdotes provide intriguing insight and info into
players, managers, transfers and lots more. Who was the household
name throttling him and which two teammates rescued him? What he
said to Elton John that got a favour from the Superstar. Sir Alex
Ferguson's whispered advice. What did Chris Swailes say in the
tunnel to the opposition? How he might have joined Sheffield
Wednesday. Which local manager arranged a clandestine meeting in a
darkened car park to try and sign him. The chairman seeking to pick
the team; what was Ken Booth like and the ruse pulled on him? The
player who loved a punch up, and the Millers fan who got Guy
Branston sent off. Why he left three times and how he wished he'd
linked up with Ronnie Moore one more time. Plus the hardest journey
of his life. The abuse from his own supporters and the mental
health issues that arose. Breck shows his serious side in two
personal, emotional chapters sure to resonate with so many people
who will identify with his pain. Typically, it's all in a great
cause with profits to Rotherham Hospice, a place close to John's
heart. Any Millers supporter throughout John Breckin's time will
find something to enjoy and, hopefully, enlighten and amuse as
well.
The quarterback pass is one of the leading offensive components of
today's National Football League and college football's top level
of play. This was not always the case. In early American football,
the strategy focused entirely on advancing the ball one running
play at a time, with the player tucking the then-roundish ball on
his hip and sprinting ahead until tackled by a swarm of defenders.
The revolution that transformed the sport began in 1906, when
passing was first legalized. The passing weapon made the game
safer, altered strategy, turned the quarterback into a key
offensive player, and made possible the high-scoring games of
today. Lew Freedman traces football's passing game from its
inception to the present, telling the tale through the stories of
the quarterbacks whose arms carried (and threw) the changes
forward. Freedman relies especially on the biography of
i?1/2Slingin' Sammyi?1/2 BaughaEURO"who hailed from Sweetwater,
TexasaEURO"as a framework. Baugh, perhaps the greatest all-around
football player in history, came along at just the right time to
elevate the passing game to unprecedented importance in the eyes of
the sports world.
With this book, soccer coaches need not scramble to prepare their
practice sessions because they will find a wide variety of training
sessions for developing their youth players right here. And the
sessions are all adaptable, making them suitable for players ages
10 and up, at any playing ability. In the book, the reader will
find coherent, structured 60- to 90-minute sessions plans. The work
of constructing training sessions has already been done. The
clearly defined session titles enable the reader to quickly
identify the ideal training session, its purpose, and its proposed
outcomes. All the sessions facilitate progressive learning,
enabling coaches to develop their players successfully. Also
included with each session are questions and challenges meant to
help the coach monitor and assess players' progress. With this
book, all soccer coaches will have at their fingertips the most
suitable training sessions to develop winning players.
Racism and English Football: For Club and Country analyses the
contemporary manifestations, outcomes and implications of the
fractious relationship between English professional football and
race. Racism, we were told, had disappeared from English football.
It was relegated to a distant past, and displaced onto other
European countries. When its appearance could not be denied, it was
said to have reappeared. This book reveals that this was not true.
Racism did not go away and did not return. It was here all along.
The book argues that racism is firmly embedded and historically
rooted in the game's structures, cultures and institutions, and
operates as a form of systemic discrimination. It addresses the
ways that racism has tainted English football, and the manner in
which football has, in turn, influenced racial meanings and
formations in wider society. Equally, it explores how football has
facilitated forms of occupational multiculture, black player
activism and progressive fan politics that resist divisive social
phenomena and offer a degree of hope for an alternative future.
Focusing on a diverse range of topics, in men's and women's
football, at club and international level, Racism and English
Football extends and expands our knowledge of how racism occurs
and, critically, how it can be challenged. This is an essential
read for scholars and students working on race, ethnicity, sport
and popular culture, together with those interested in the social
and organisational dynamics of English professional football more
generally.
ROVERS ON THE ROAD! On Tour is the fourth book in the
football-tastic Roy of the Rovers fiction series. Part of the
second season, this exciting series is written by award-winning
author Tom Palmer. Roy Race is living the dream. After a whirlwind
season that saw him become centre forward for his beloved
Melchester Rovers and score a bagful of goals, helping them secure
promotion into League One, he's now recognised as one of the best
young footballers in the country. But something strange is afoot.
As Rovers head off on a pre-season tour, Roy's treated differently,
and kept apart from the team. What's going on, and why are Rovers
bringing in new players? With his family life hitting a rough patch
and everything in flux at Mel Park, it's time for Roy of the Rovers
to fight for his team, his family - and his career in football...
Enjoyed this title? Pick up Transferred next to continue the story!
Praise for the Roy of the Rovers series: EPIC! - Match of the Day
Magazine I love the way that they are about so much more than
football: they are about heart, values and family. Both graphic
novel and fiction titles are compelling, engaging and a lot of fun.
Lace up and get reading. - Jim Sells, Programme manager for Sport
& Literacy, National Literacy Trust. Read with my 7 year old
who is football mad, really enjoyed it and left us wanting to read
the next one in the series! - GoodReads Review
Celtic's greatest side became European champions in 1967, but if
you think you know their history - think again. This is their tale
as never told before. The remarkable story of how Jock Stein
brought together a group of local lads, engaging on their first
European Cup campaign, and led them all the way to the top will
never be repeated. As they progressed, they continued to challenge
on four fronts, giving new pride to the city of Glasgow, and
creating a legend that resonates still, fifty years on. A Year and
a Day provides unprecedented detail on the twelve months that
brought such unique success. Discover which Clyde player almost
became a Lisbon Lion and who he would have replaced. Learn how Jock
Stein got his prediction for the final horribly wrong and even what
the Lions had for breakfast on the great day. Find out who spirited
away the match ball - and keeps it to this day - at the end of
Celtic's tumultuous quarter-final with Vojvodina. The book includes
an excruciatingly honest interview with Jimmy Johnstone, Celtic's
greatest player, previously unpublished in full. The other Lisbon
Lions also have their say, and here too, for the first time, are
extensive interviews with representatives of all of the opponents
that Celtic faced on the way to Lisbon, providing frank and
shocking insights. Teeming with fresh material, this book
scrutinises every step Celtic took on the way to winning the
European Cup. Even the players who won the great trophy will
discover in these pages new revelations about how they emerged
triumphant. It is the last word on their magnificent achievement.
On the 11th May 1991, Leicester City beat Oxford United to avoid
relegation to the third tier of English football. Off the field,
the crumbling Main Stand did not meet the requirements of theTaylor
Report and the Club was leaking money, something needed to change!
And something did change! The appointments of Brian Little as the
Team Manager, and Barrie Pierpoint as the Club's first Director of
Marketing was the catalyst to one of the most remarkable
transformations in English football history. Over the next nine
years, Leicester City established themselves as a top Premier
League side, won major honours, competed in Europe for the first
time in almost thirty years and the loyal Blue Army enjoyed seven
trips to Wembley. Off the field, City became market leaders for
innovation; Fox Leisure, Family Night Football and the birth of
Filbert Fox were some of the initiatives that Barrie and his
progressive team introduced. The construction of the
state-of-the-art Carling Stand and flotation on the Stock Exchange
provided the Club with a much needed injection of cash. Featuring
contributions from over forty people, from directors, staff, fans
and journalists to corporate clients, team managers and players,
including Steve Walsh, Emile Heskey, Simon Grayson, Gary Mills and
Tony Cottee - this book chronicles the journey of a struggling
football club to one of the best teams in England, told by those
who were there and were pivotal to the Club's success. In full
colour, including photographs throughout, this book will take you
on a nostalgic trip through a glorious period in Leicester City's
history.
The Little Book of England Football is the latest volume in this
highly successful series of sports-themed quotes books. It is
dedicated to all things wide and wonderful about the Three Lions,
focusing on the words of wit and wisdom from former players, such
as Bobby Moore, Gazza and Gary Lineker, to the key men in today's
set-up including manager Gareth Southgate and captain Harry Kane.
Ingerlund! Ingerlund! Ingerlund!
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER The behind-the-scenes
story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their
first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of
hurt. FEATURING FRESH PERSONAL INSIGHT FROM MARCELO BIELSA When
Marcelo Bielsa was appointed head coach of Leeds United in the
summer of 2018, the club had just finished 13th in the Championship
- their 15th consecutive season outside the top flight - and were
defined as much by their excesses and disasters off the pitch as
their lack of success on it. Bielsa changed everything. In guiding
Leeds back to the promised land of the Premier League, he has
transformed the club into a vastly more dynamic, entertaining and
professional outfit, fully endearing himself to the Leeds faithful
and capturing the imaginations of football fans around the world.
With his unique tactical approach, strict diet and body fat
controls and a gruelling training schedule - including his infamous
'murderball' sessions - Bielsa has shaped a gang of Championship
misfits and journeymen into a team that plays breathtakingly
relentless attacking football and is more than capable of going
toe-to-toe with the game's established heavyweights. In And it was
Beautiful, Phil Hay documents the fortunes of Leeds United under
Marcelo Bielsa during their return to the Premier League for the
2020/21 season. By weaving in stories of crises from the club's
purgatory in the English Football League, he presents a
comprehensive and compelling portrait of an enigmatic manager whose
values are the antithesis of everything that has previously gone
wrong at Leeds during the dark days of Ken Bates, Massimo Cellino
and GFH. Phil pulls back the curtain on Bielsa's innovative
tactical methods, his unconventional yet highly productive
relationship with owner Andrea Radrizzani and Director of Football
Victor Orta, his intensely loyal backroom team and the
extraordinary cultural impact Bielsa has had on the city of Leeds -
from murals and songs to cult fanbases in the provinces of
Argentina. The result is a unique and beautiful love affair that
has made dreams come true.
An excellent recap, with wonderful access and forensic detail on
the Premier League's rise to global alpha status... All told with
an arch sense of humour The Guardian How did English football -
once known for its stale pies, bad book-keeping and hooligans -
become a commercial powerhouse and the world's premium popular
entertainment? This was a business empire built in only twenty-five
years on ambition, experimentation and gambler's luck. Lead by a
motley cast of executives, Russian oligarchs, Arab Sheikhs, Asian
Titans, American Tycoons, battle-hardened managers, ruthless agents
and the Murdoch media - the Premier League has been carved up,
rebranded and exported to phenomenal 185 countries. The United
Nations only recognizes 193. But the extraordinary profit of
bringing England's ageing industrial towns to a compulsive global
attention has come at a cost. Today, as players are sold for
hundreds of millions and clubs are valued in the billions, local
fans are being priced out - and the clubs' local identities are
fading. The Premier League has become the classic business fable
for our globalised world. Drawing on dozens of exclusive and
revelatory interviews from the Boardrooms - including Liverpool's
John W. Henry, Tottenham's Daniel Levy, Martin Edwards and David
Gill at Manchester United, Arsene Wenger and Stan Kroenke at
Arsenal, Manchester City's sporting director Txiki Begiristain, and
executives at Chelsea, West Ham, Leicester City and Aston Villa -
this is the definitive bustand boom account of how the Premier
League product took over the world.
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