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The Secret Life of Twickenham - The Story of Rugby Union's Iconic Fortress, The Players, Staff and Fans (Paperback)
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The Secret Life of Twickenham - The Story of Rugby Union's Iconic Fortress, The Players, Staff and Fans (Paperback)
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Twickenham Stadium is rightly venerated as the home of the Rugby
Football Union (RFU). While it may bask in this fame, the stadium'
s beginnings were very humble. The land it was built upon was
purchased in 1907 and would subsequently become the home to the
Harlequins who would play the first ever match against Richmond.
The first England test match didn' t take place until 1910 and a
home win ensured things got off on the right footing but cows,
sheep and horses would be grazing on the pitch just four years
later as the stadium became a farm during the First World War. The
first Varsity match was played in December 1921, by which time the
popularity of Twickenham had soared. Extra accommodation was
created in the North Stand, built in 1925 by the legendary football
stadium architect, Archibald Leitch. By 1931, the famous '
Twickenham Look' had come about. When the Second World War arrived,
the ground became a Civil Defence depot, and the closest it got to
being hit by enemy action was in July 1944 when a V1 flying bomb
fell in the front garden of a house opposite the West Gate,
injuring sixteen people. The car park was dug up and -
appropriately given its original use - turned into allotments to
generate much needed fresh food for the locals. The stadium today
is at the heart of a multi-million pound business that the RFU
controls, but how does it generate so much money from this one plot
of land? With such a colourful and celebrated history The Secret
Life of Twickenham will dig deeper into it' s history to reveal the
many men and women, cutting across all social backgrounds, jobs,
and positions within the RFU who have helped to build this iconic
stadium into a globally recognised brand. It will reveal to all
fans of rugby union the true history of the most iconic sports
stadium in the British Isles with a compendium of facts, dates,
figures and revealing anecdotes of England' s sporting fortress.
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