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What was it that made Steve Bloomer, the 'Destroying Angel' so
special? A remarkable goalscoring record and a supreme ability
count for much, but so do an enigmatic personality and
incident-packed life that has never been fully explored - until
now. In this marvellously entertaining story of his life, we
accompany Bloomer on his dramatic rise from tough Black Country
beginnings in 1874 to goalscoring feats straight out of Boy's Own
Paper. His famous playing career shares the stage with remarkable
episodes in Bloomer's life never before fully researched, including
his sorrow and bravery through four years in a German prison camp,
and his first tentative steps into the pioneering world of coaching
in Germany. Holland and Spain, where his triumphant managerial
spell brought glory to 'the Accrington Stanley of Spanish
football', not to mention a novel use for olive oil. Then there are
the twilight days as a scout, respected pundit and honorary old un
at the Baseball Ground. Steve Bloomer died in 1938 but 60 years
later, at their new Pride Park Stadium, Derby County ran out to the
unique anthem Steve Bloomer's Watching. Over a century since he
made his debut, his name is still the most famous in the club's
history.
For followers of the legendary Rams, no phrase sums up the club
more aptly than 'it could only happen at Derby County'. This hugely
entertaining collection of strange but true tales shows exactly
why. Through thousands of fascinating nuggets of trivia - humorous,
tragic, strange and utterly bizarre in turn - author and lifelong
fan Peter Seddon captures the very essence of the weird and
wonderful world of the incomparable Rams. Discover the awful truth
about the severed head found at the Baseball Ground, find out which
Rams player was immortalised in a feature film, when bad light
stopped play, whose wife wrote racy novels, which Rams striker
almost wished death on the entire squad, and why ace-winger Alan
Hinton was dropped after the worst televised miss of all time. The
entertaining stories and quirky snippets in "The Little Book of
Derby County" are sure to amuse all football lovers, but in
particular that special breed of fan who supports the redoubtable
Rams through thick and thin.
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