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By James Pearce, Oliver Kay, Simon Hughes and Other Award-Winning
Writers of The Athletic As Liverpool ended their 30-year wait to be
crowned champions of England, they were followed by their
equivalent from the world of sports writing: a team of elite
talents, assembled to leave all competition trailing in their wake.
This is the story of Liverpool's title win in the longest season,
as told by the writers of The Athletic, with their blend of inside
access and expert analysis; great ideas and beautiful writing.
Articles include profiles of each of Liverpool's title winners by
their former youth team coaches; Oliver Kay watches Sadio Mane
score against Manchester City in the company of the striker's
family, in his hometown in Senegal; James Pearce spends 90 minutes
analysing Virgil van Dijk; plus there are exclusive interviews with
Jurgen Klopp, and the club's US owners. Read the stories behind a
unique and historical season from a team of writers every bit as
good as the footballers they were following.
This is the story of Manchester City's return to the top of English
football as well as their journey to their first ever Champions
League final as Pep Guardiola's team battle to secure their place
in history. Throughout this historic season of breath-taking
football, they were followed by their equivalent from the world of
sports writing: a team of elite talents, assembled by The Athletic
to leave all competition trailing in their wake. The result is an
alchemical blend of inside access and expert analysis; great ideas
and beautiful writing. City's triumph is relived in real time, in
360 degrees. Articles include profiles of each of City's title
winners by their former youth team coaches; on-the-road features
from the hometowns of some of their international superstars,
brilliant tactics board breakdowns of key moments in the season;
and exclusive interviews with players, coaches and backroom staff.
WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK
AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE
YEAR 'This football book is about something even more important
than the "beautiful game"; it is a story of the human spirit.' -
Mick Hume, The Times Adrian Doherty was not a typical footballer.
For one thing, he was blessed with extraordinary talent. Those who
played alongside and watched him in the Manchester United youth
team in the early 1990s insist he was as good as Ryan Giggs -
possibly even better. Giggs, who played on the opposite wing, says
he is inclined to agree. Doherty was also an eccentric - by
football standards, at least. When his colleagues went to Old
Trafford to watch the first team on Saturday afternoons, he
preferred to take the bus into Manchester to go busking. He wore
second-hand clothes, worshipped Bob Dylan, read about theology and
French existentialism and wrote songs and poems. One team-mate says
"it was like having Bob Dylan in a No 7 shirt". On his 17th
birthday, Doherty was offered a five-year contract - unprecedented
for a United youngster at that time - and told by Alex Ferguson
that he was destined for stardom. But what followed over the next
decade is a tale so mysterious, so shocking, so unusual, so amusing
but ultimately so tragic, that you are left wondering how on earth
it has been untold for so long. The stories of Doherty's
contemporaries, that group of Manchester United youngsters who
became known as the "Class of '92", are well known. Giggs ended up
as the most decorated player in United's history; David Beckham
became the most recognisable footballer on the planet; Gary
Neville, Paul Scholes and others are household names. The story you
don't know is about the player who, having had the world at his
feet, died the day before his 27th birthday following an accident
in a canal in Holland.
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