England legend Peter Shilton is one of the greatest goalkeepers
ever to play the game. After retiring from international duty
following his heroics at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, he took on
his first management job with Second Division strugglers Plymouth
Argyle amid a blaze of publicity. Having learnt his trade under
managerial legends such as Alf Ramsey, Brian Clough and Bobby
Robson, Shilton lavishly assembled a stylish team many Plymouth
fans regard as one of the most exciting ever to grace Home Park.
However, a cruel play-off semi-final defeat to Burnley was the
catalyst for a chain of events that would reduce the proud Devon
club to a national laughing stock and send Shilton tumbling towards
financial oblivion and the managerial scrapheap. Peter Shilton's
Nearly Men is the fascinating story of the England legend's ill
fated three years in management. Paul Roberts has spoken to more
than seventy players, directors and journalists to lift the lid on
an explosive era that was marked by boardroom bust-ups, lurid
tabloid revelations and a poisonous dressing-room atmosphere that
culminated in an ugly punch-up - this is the full story behind one
of the most turbulent managerial reigns in English football
history.
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