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Football's Twelve Apostles: The Making of the League 1886-1889
2012
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In 1888 twelve clubs formed the Football League, a ground-breaking mission for which they were called Apostles. Afterwards the world followed. Football in the 1880s was wildly exciting and teeming with personalities. Beneath the Victorian veneer, its participants fought furiously with each other: players, club officers, spectators, match officials, advocates of the Football Association. It was a battle for the soul of the game. Supporters of these twelve clubs, especially the Invincibles Pr...
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Football's Twelve Apostles: The Making of the League 1886-1889
2012
EN
In 1888 twelve clubs formed the Football League, a ground-breaking mission for which they were called Apostles. Afterwards the world followed. Football in the 1880s was wildly exciting and teeming with personalities. Beneath the Victorian veneer, its participants fought furiously with each other: players, club officers, spectators, match officials, advocates of the Football Association. It was a battle for the soul of the game. Supporters of these twelve clubs, especially the Invincibles Pr...
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West Bromwich Albion: Champions of England 1919-1920
2012
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By 1919 it seemed West Bromwich Albion would never win the Championship. The League founder-members were renowned Cup-fighters, and had squandered the promise of a bright young team by failing to take the title before the First World War. Football was starting up again, amid a country in crisis. 1919-20 became the first 42-game season after the League fudged the rules to ensure that London clubs were not absent from the First Division. Albion saved the day - their team of Black Countrymen,...
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West Bromwich Albion: Champions of England 1919-1920
2012
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By 1919 it seemed West Bromwich Albion would never win the Championship. The League founder-members were renowned Cup-fighters, and had squandered the promise of a bright young team by failing to take the title before the First World War. Football was starting up again, amid a country in crisis. 1919-20 became the first 42-game season after the League fudged the rules to ensure that London clubs were not absent from the First Division. Albion saved the day - their team of Black Countrymen,...
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West Ham United: The Elite Era 1958-2009
4 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2012
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West Ham United's elite era began in 1958, when the Hammers secured their place in the top division of English football. Since then it has been a rocky ride. The team has dropped divisions from time to time, but always risen again. Even among the elite, West Ham have seldom shone, other than in occasional Cup finals. Indeed, it is necessary to back to 1985-86 to find the last season they scored more goals than they conceded in the top flight. Who better to guide us in this exploration of W...
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West Ham United: The Elite Era 1958-2009
4 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2012
EN
West Ham United's elite era began in 1958, when the Hammers secured their place in the top division of English football. Since then it has been a rocky ride. The team has dropped divisions from time to time, but always risen again. Even among the elite, West Ham have seldom shone, other than in occasional Cup finals. Indeed, it is necessary to back to 1985-86 to find the last season they scored more goals than they conceded in the top flight. Who better to guide us in this exploration of W...
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Leyton Orient: A Season in the Sun 1962-63
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2012
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It might be hard even for middle-aged Leyton Orient fans to imagine their side hob-nobbing in the top flight alongside the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. This book chronicles the story of how the Os won promotion to the old First Division in 1961-62 and subsequently enjoyed their Season in the Sun. The key to that success was manager Johnny Carey, who in his playing days was a star with Matt Busbys Manchester United. Carey a genial pipe-smoking Irishman fashione...
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Leyton Orient: A Season in the Sun 1962-63
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2012
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It might be hard even for middle-aged Leyton Orient fans to imagine their side hob-nobbing in the top flight alongside the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. This book chronicles the story of how the Os won promotion to the old First Division in 1961-62 and subsequently enjoyed their Season in the Sun. The key to that success was manager Johnny Carey, who in his playing days was a star with Matt Busbys Manchester United. Carey a genial pipe-smoking Irishman fashione...
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Eggshells: Roy Keane at Ipswich Town 2009-2011
1 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2012
EN
Roy Keane was controversial as a player, but was undeniably a great one. He was controversial as a manager, and might yet become a great one. He had already touched the heights and the depths in charge at Sunderland. He then arrived at Ipswich Town, a family club, taking on the role once filled by Sir Alf Ramsey and Sir Bobby Robson. The next 20 months became pure theatre for the clubs supporters and the media both local and national. The spotlight was fierce and relentless. This was Roy K...
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Eggshells: Roy Keane at Ipswich Town 2009-2011
1 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2012
EN
Roy Keane was controversial as a player, but was undeniably a great one. He was controversial as a manager, and might yet become a great one. He had already touched the heights and the depths in charge at Sunderland. He then arrived at Ipswich Town, a family club, taking on the role once filled by Sir Alf Ramsey and Sir Bobby Robson. The next 20 months became pure theatre for the clubs supporters and the media both local and national. The spotlight was fierce and relentless. This was Roy K...
£4.99
Luton Town: Staring into the Abyss 1958-2008 - Minus 30: The Coldest Place in Football
2012
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Over the past 50 years Luton Town have been rocked by twelve calamities. Each of them threatened the very future of the club. Trouble and strife have become a way of life at Kenilworth Road. But in the summer of 2008 the Hatters suffered a crisis of catastrophic proportions. An unprecedented 30 points penalty looked certain to demote them from the Football League after 88 years membership. Desperate for a new ground and eternally penniless, no other club has suffered the extreme ups (few) ...
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Luton Town: Staring into the Abyss 1958-2008 - Minus 30: The Coldest Place in Football
2012
EN
Over the past 50 years Luton Town have been rocked by twelve calamities. Each of them threatened the very future of the club. Trouble and strife have become a way of life at Kenilworth Road. But in the summer of 2008 the Hatters suffered a crisis of catastrophic proportions. An unprecedented 30 points penalty looked certain to demote them from the Football League after 88 years membership. Desperate for a new ground and eternally penniless, no other club has suffered the extreme ups (few) ...
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West Ham United: 101 Beautiful Games
2012
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Di Canio's double bluff against Barthez? Hurst's six against Sunderland? Victory at the Emirates? Sealey's brace at Wembley? Bobby Moore in goal against Stoke? Tevez's winner at Old Trafford? Or perhaps the 0-3 Cup humiliation at Mansfield? There are thousands of West Ham games over the past 100 years to choose from. Some obvious, some not. These 101 matches dig deep into the Hammers' footballing archive. Echoes of drama and heartbreak, ecstasy and despair, celebration and degradation, all as...
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West Ham United: 101 Beautiful Games
2012
EN
Di Canio's double bluff against Barthez? Hurst's six against Sunderland? Victory at the Emirates? Sealey's brace at Wembley? Bobby Moore in goal against Stoke? Tevez's winner at Old Trafford? Or perhaps the 0-3 Cup humiliation at Mansfield? There are thousands of West Ham games over the past 100 years to choose from. Some obvious, some not. These 101 matches dig deep into the Hammers' footballing archive. Echoes of drama and heartbreak, ecstasy and despair, celebration and degradation, all as...
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Luton Town: Through the Trap Door 2004-2009 - From Championship to Conference
2012
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Luton Town may have dropped through the trap door in May 2009, exiting the Football League for the first time in 89 years, but this was no ordinary demotion. Mismanagement and financial distress led to unprecedented points penalties, which saw the club plunge like a broken elevator. Back in 2005-06 they briefly topped the Championship, but just three years later finished 71 places lower in League rankings. No club has ever suffered such a sharp decline, let alone one with recent top-flight...
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Luton Town: Through the Trap Door 2004-2009 - From Championship to Conference
2012
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Luton Town may have dropped through the trap door in May 2009, exiting the Football League for the first time in 89 years, but this was no ordinary demotion. Mismanagement and financial distress led to unprecedented points penalties, which saw the club plunge like a broken elevator. Back in 2005-06 they briefly topped the Championship, but just three years later finished 71 places lower in League rankings. No club has ever suffered such a sharp decline, let alone one with recent top-flight...
£4.99
The Old Farm: Ipswich Town v Norwich City - A History
2012
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Urban neighbours Celtic and Rangers are known throughout British football as The Old Firm, but for Ipswich Town and Norwich City its more a case of The Old Farm. Separated by 40 miles of arable fields and woodland, the Canaries and the Tractor Boys have been doing battle for more than 100 years, just like their counterparts in Glasgow. Eastern England may be a footballing outpost, but its derby games arouse massive local interest. The first East Anglian derby game was in 1902 and by 2010 t...
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The Old Farm: Ipswich Town v Norwich City - A History
2012
EN
Urban neighbours Celtic and Rangers are known throughout British football as The Old Firm, but for Ipswich Town and Norwich City its more a case of The Old Farm. Separated by 40 miles of arable fields and woodland, the Canaries and the Tractor Boys have been doing battle for more than 100 years, just like their counterparts in Glasgow. Eastern England may be a footballing outpost, but its derby games arouse massive local interest. The first East Anglian derby game was in 1902 and by 2010 t...
£4.99
Northampton Town: A Season in the Sun 1965-66
2012
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If everyone loves an underdog, then Northampton Towns footballers must have been cult heroes of the mid-1960s, when they reached The Promised Land of Division One. Unless that is, you played for Manchester United, Liverpool or Chelsea, and suddenly had to slum it at the County Ground. The likes of Denis Law, Ian St John, George Graham and Terry Venables were presented with poky, gloomy dressing rooms inside an uninspiring three-sided football ground. Who said the age of romance was dead? T...
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Northampton Town: A Season in the Sun 1965-66
2012
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If everyone loves an underdog, then Northampton Towns footballers must have been cult heroes of the mid-1960s, when they reached The Promised Land of Division One. Unless that is, you played for Manchester United, Liverpool or Chelsea, and suddenly had to slum it at the County Ground. The likes of Denis Law, Ian St John, George Graham and Terry Venables were presented with poky, gloomy dressing rooms inside an uninspiring three-sided football ground. Who said the age of romance was dead? T...
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Luton Town: The Dark Side of the Moon - A Journey to the Unknown 2009-10
2012
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Rainstorms at Grays, snow at Eastbourne, freezing sleet at Histon. The 2009-10 season was the weirdest ever for Luton Town and its army of fans, plunged into the mysterious world of non-league football thanks to massive points deductions. Life-long supporter Rob Hadgraft kept a diary of this odyssey into the unknown. He recorded the horror and the humour as Lutons huge band of boisterous followers traipsed to baby stadiums in far-flung places. Often the away fans outnumbered their hosts. T...
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Luton Town: The Dark Side of the Moon - A Journey to the Unknown 2009-10
2012
EN
Rainstorms at Grays, snow at Eastbourne, freezing sleet at Histon. The 2009-10 season was the weirdest ever for Luton Town and its army of fans, plunged into the mysterious world of non-league football thanks to massive points deductions. Life-long supporter Rob Hadgraft kept a diary of this odyssey into the unknown. He recorded the horror and the humour as Lutons huge band of boisterous followers traipsed to baby stadiums in far-flung places. Often the away fans outnumbered their hosts. T...
£4.99
Tottenham Hotspur: Champions of England 1950-51 & 1960-61
2012
EN
Tottenham Hotspur so far have only captured two League Championships, but what they lack in quantity they recompense in quality. Both Championship teams were famed for innovative play that set new standards in the history of English club football. The appointment of Arthur Rowe as manager in 1949 quickly transformed Spurs from an average Second Division side into the best in the country. This he achieved with revolutionary tactics known as Push and Run. They had been inspired in boyhood ki...
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Tottenham Hotspur: Champions of England 1950-51 & 1960-61
2012
EN
Tottenham Hotspur so far have only captured two League Championships, but what they lack in quantity they recompense in quality. Both Championship teams were famed for innovative play that set new standards in the history of English club football. The appointment of Arthur Rowe as manager in 1949 quickly transformed Spurs from an average Second Division side into the best in the country. This he achieved with revolutionary tactics known as Push and Run. They had been inspired in boyhood ki...
£4.99