Diego Costa
Diego Costa

Author: Fran Guillen

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2015-07-30

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 085790857X

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Summer 2014. Diego Costa has arrived for his first day as a Chelsea player and he has something he wants to say to his new team-mates. He's been practising a single, short sentence. Actually, a mission statement. "I go to war - you come with me." In The Art of War, Fran Guillen retraces every step of Costa's brutal, exhilarating journey: from street footballer in his home city of Lagarto, north-east Brazil, to La Liga winner at Atletico Madrid, through loan spells at Celta Vigo, Albacete, Valladolid and Rayo Vallecano, and finally to Premier League champion with Chelsea in 2015. Through exclusive interviews with coaches, team-mates, agents and friends, Spanish journalist Guillen uncovers the inside story of Costa's arrival in Portugal as a 17 year old and his move to Atletico Madrid where, under Diego Simeone, the player's goalscoring finally started to eclipse his fearsome reputation and saw his emergence as one of the world's greatest strikers. Then in 2014 Costa made the shock decision to defect from the Brazilian side and play for Spain in the World Cup. After a disastrous tournament, Costa joined Jose Mourinho's Chelsea and immediately dispelled the ghosts of Brazil by taking the Premier League by storm in an indomitable debut season at Stamford Bridge. This is an inspiring and insightful portrait of English football's new superstar. Let's go to war.

Premier League By The Numbers: 2016/17 Season Review
Premier League By The Numbers: 2016/17 Season Review

Author: R Burton

Publisher: Lazy Fan Sports Ltd

Published: 2017-08-04

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13:

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Old school love of the game, with a new twist. Take a look back at the 2016/17 Premier League Season. With new statistics and analytics you won't find in any other book on the market we delve deeper into the performances of the key 18 players that helped shape the season. Using our new analytics we rank players by how they really perform on the field so comparing two players is now much easier. With the new xG (expected goals) grading system we can show who is the best striker in the Premier League, and who is the best goal scoring midfielder. Using a shot matrix system each midfielder and forward receives a grade based on how many goals he was expected to score based on the shots he took. xGA (expected goals against) measures how many goals a goalkeeper saves his team per season based on shot location. All in a fun and informative style. Plus full analytics and statistics on every player to pull on a shirt in the 2016/17 Premier League season. 525 pages

Committee Prints
Committee Prints

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 1684

ISBN-13:

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Knife in the Fast Lane
Knife in the Fast Lane

Author: Bill Ribbans

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2020-11-02

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1785318144

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Knife in the Fast Lane charts the history of care for sportspeople from the expert view of a doctor and orthopaedic surgeon with over 40 years' experience. Bill Ribbans gives you the inside track on the life of a surgeon operating on some of sport's biggest names. From looking after world champions from eight different sports and Olympians with 27 medals between them, to having his actions scrutinised by millions at Twickenham, Bill's experiences are interwoven with fascinating, surprising and controversial subjects from the annals of sports medicine. The book explores the legal minefields and ethical dilemmas faced by medics in sport. It deals with current issues like concussion, depression, drug-taking and the dangers of sporting academies. It also asks whether the enormous resources poured into elite medical care have really reduced harm to athletes or made them so fit, fast and strong that it threatens their long-term health.

You Can’t Win Anything With Kids
You Can’t Win Anything With Kids

Author: Gavin Newsham

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-07-27

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 147294691X

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An entertaining and effervescent history of the English Premier League told through the words and quotations of its players, managers, their contemporaries and the media. Relive the highs and lows, the drama and fun of 25 years of the Premier League through this exceptional compilation, which brings together the very best quotes, comments and soundbites to tell the story of each incident-packed season. Remember Kevin Keegan's on-air meltdown? Or Paolo Di Canio's shove? How about those jaw-on-the-floor goals like Tony Yeboah's volley or Sergio Agüero's last gasp title-winning goal for Manchester City? And what about some of those teams that set the competition alight – like swash-buckling Newcastle, all-conquering Manchester United and Arsenal's fabled 'Invincibles'? All the Premier League's sensational stories, extraordinary incidents and dazzling moments are told here through the voices, views and reflections of the managers and players involved. 'You Can't Win Anything With Kids' also provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy some of the funniest, most insightful and sometimes perplexing soundbites from the last 25 years, from the endlessly amusing spat between José Mourinho and Arsène Wenger to Jürgen Klopp's off-the-wall reflections, Eric Cantona's deeply philosophical musings and, of course, Alan Hansen's profoundly misplaced pronouncement.

Table for Two, Mr Sparrowhawk?
Table for Two, Mr Sparrowhawk?

Author: Stephen B. Charles

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2022-06-30

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1398436372

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Imagine going on a luxury cruise holiday around South America where your fellow passengers turn out to be a beautiful blonde ex-Miss World from Switzerland, a ventriloquist’s dummy, an Italian mobster and his wife, a Blackpool Landlady, a 1960s Beat Combo, Sea Legs & Co – a troupe of sexy girl dancers, an eccentric Lord, four undercover cops, a suitcase full of guns and a seven foot tall angry Scottish chef. What could possibly go wrong? If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, why does Susan think Fanny has a screw loose? Why do Big Sharon and Randy Mandy have it in for Steve? What does our hero conceal under Doris Downing’s blue rinse syrup at the Disco? Is professional dance host Vlad “Terry” Rasputin really a Russian, or is he actually from Preston? Why was that man wearing a thong in the ballroom? Will the Talent Show ever be the same again? Totti is a super sexy Italian lady dripping with diamonds. Carlo and Mario wear shiny silk suits and have thin ankles. Danny is an enigma and Lord Toucan wears a top hat and tails every day. But which one of them has a big secret connected to the Royal Gilbert Hall? Follow Steve Sparrowhawk’s hilarious daily adventures, mishaps, romps and japes on board the ship as he leaves a trail of chaos and destruction in his wake. Will he succumb to the temptations of the flesh? Will he disembark the ship as a multi-millionaire? Will he survive the cruise? Will anyone care?