Dave Bassett - Settling the Score
Dave Bassett - Settling the Score

Author: Dave Bassett

Publisher: Kings Road Publishing

Published: 2012-10-17

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1784185116

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Dave Bassett is one of football's colourful characters. He is the man who led Wimbledon to their FA Cup triumph in 1988. His talents are renowned throughout the football league. In his autobiography he reveals the stories that have been the hallmark of his amazing career.He reveals the truth behind his four days in charge of Crystal Palace, his fiery relationship with Elton John at Watford, the boardroom battles during his time at Sheffield United and also the chain of events that led to his rejection of Manchester City.He also explains his philosophy of football which has led to his success and made him one of the personalities in the history of the game.'Fantastic - The best football book of the year.' - The Mirror

What Was Football Like in the 1980s?
What Was Football Like in the 1980s?

Author: Richard Crooks

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2020-08-03

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 178531713X

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What Was Football Like in the 1980s? provides a fascinating and insightful perspective on the game in a decade when football faced major challenges on and off the field. The author's own memories and experiences are augmented by a wealth of research to bring you the definitive account of the clubs, players, managers, referees, grounds, crowds and competitions that defined '80s football. The book examines the Hillsborough, Heysel and Bradford fire tragedies, along with the increasingly commercialised aspects of the game and the evolution of televised football. The scourge of hooliganism - which reached its height in the 1980s - is also given due consideration. What Was Football Like in the 1980s? is an enthralling and illuminating account of a truly remarkable decade for the beautiful game, penned by a respected football author and journalist. How different was the sport 30 to 40 years ago? Richard Crooks gives you the answer, leaving no stone unturned.

Nottingham Forest Miscellany
Nottingham Forest Miscellany

Author: Pete Attaway

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2012-12-08

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1909178373

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Nottingham Forest Miscellany is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, quirky stories, and legendary anecdotes all relating to the history of the club. From memorable matches and legendary players, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more-and is fully endorsed by the club.

Hero in the Shadows
Hero in the Shadows

Author: David Tossell

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1801502501

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Don Howe is one of English football's great coaches, with an unrivalled record at international and club level. As right-hand man to three England managers, he helped his country to the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96 semi-finals. He helped to steer them through the 1982 World Cup unbeaten and to the quarter-finals four years later. Howe masterminded the 1970/71 double at Arsenal, where two spells as coach also brought European and further FA Cup glory. He was also an integral part of one of the greatest Wembley upsets when he helped Wimbledon's 'Crazy Gang' to victory over the mighty Liverpool in 1988. As a player at West Bromwich Albion, Howe won 24 international caps, but as a manager he failed to achieve the success he craved. Yet over a three-decade period, he won acclaim from many of England's finest players as a genius of the coaching profession. Through interviews with players, colleagues, friends and family, this book examines the triumphs and challenges of Don Howe's career and assesses his contribution to English football.

The Crazy Gang
The Crazy Gang

Author: Dave Bassett

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2015-10-29

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1473526906

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'If we can sell Newcastle Brown to Japan, and if Wimbledon can make it to the First Division, there is surely no achievement beyond our reach.' Margaret Thatcher The Crazy Gang is the story of a football miracle. Promoted to the Football League in 1977, Wimbledon FC was a small team from south London that against the odds went all the way to the top of the First Division, then to win the FA Cup, in only just over a decade. With no money, scant resources and a blend of youth players and offcuts from other clubs, they were christened 'Rag-Arse Rovers'. They played hard on the pitch and partied hard off it. Dave 'Harry' Bassett was the manager who drilled a fierce fighting spirit into his players, an unbreakable team ethos, but he was also an underrated master tactician and pioneer of innovative training methods. Wally Downes was the midfield fulcrum of the Dons, but also the ringleader for the various acts of debauchery and general silliness that earned the club their reputation. In The Crazy Gang, Harry and Wally are joined by a host of former Wimbledon players and staff, both famous names like Vinnie Jones, Lawrie Sanchez and Dave Beasant, but also unsung heroes in the club's history, to tell it as it really was. This is real football, the way fans remember it, and a world away from multimillionaire Premier League primadonnas.

Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore

Author: Tina Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781407406978

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Bobby Moore's death in 1993, at the age of fifty-one, had a profound impact on the people of this country. As the only English football captain ever to raise the World Cup, he was not just a football icon but a national one. Yet Bobby was an intensely reserved, almost mysterious personality. Only one person was his true friend and confidante - his first wife, Tina, whom he met at seventeen and married in 1962. Tina Moore's story of her life with Bobby, the break-up, of their marriage and what happened afterwards is a moving tribute to a national icon by the person wh knew him better than anyone.