Classic Birmingham Derby Games
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Classic Birmingham Derby Games
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Author : Ralph Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-09
Classic Birmingham Derby Games written by Ralph Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Soccer categories.
In September 1879, Aston Villa's footballers first made the short journey to play a friendly game against Small Heath Alliance, the club that later became Birmingham City. They lost 1-0 to a disputed goal, and Villa's players called the Muntz Street pitch 'only suitable for pot holing'. Since that first encounter, there has never been a game between the two clubs that could ever be described as 'friendly'. This book tells the story of one of football's most fierce and bitter rivalries, a fixture that never fails to inflame passions and create debate in England's second city.
Hunting The Hooligans
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Author : Michael Layton
language : en
Publisher: Milo Books Ltd
Release Date : 2015-08-01
Hunting The Hooligans written by Michael Layton and has been published by Milo Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In the notorious 1980s, football violence was rife. The yobs were rampant, crowds were falling and the Government was near despair. One of the worst gangs was identified as a multi-racial crew of thugs and thieves who followed Birmingham City FC. They looted shops, ransacked pubs and butchered rivals. They called themselves the Zulu Warriors. In 1987, after a bloody assault on one of their own, West Midlands Police set up a secret unit to infiltrate the Zulus and bring them down. Michael Layton, an ambitious and determined detective, assembled a small team in a secret location and set out to gather evidence on scores of targets. Operation Red Card was born. It was fraught with danger. A key informant played a deadly game to pass on vital intelligence about the gang. Undercover officers faced the constant threat of exposure and reprisal, on one occasion being locked in a pub and interrogated by a hostile crowd. Others faced arrest by unwitting colleagues when caught up in brawls while posing as would-be hooligans. The climax came with co-ordinated dawn raids to round up the ringleaders and their footsoldiers. But similar mass trials had collapsed in court amid claims of improper evidence-gathering. Would the case stand up? Hunting The Hooligans is the first ever inside account of an anti-hooligan operation by the man who ran it, and of the brave cops who pushed it to the limit. REVIEWS "Forget your I.D.s and your Green Streets - this is real football hooliganism: how the West Midlands Police brought the notorious Birmingham Zulu Warriors to book. Detective Michael Layton's first-hand tale is an often-harrowing insight into 1980s' organised crime."
Sunderland
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Author : Jonathan Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-12-23
Sunderland written by Jonathan Wilson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-23 with Humor categories.
After just a handful of games this season Sunderland were looking early favourites for the drop into League One, despite the arrival of the 'returning messiah' Niall Quinn, who headed up the consortium that had just bought the club. When he took the decision to appoint Roy Keane as manager, most predicted a storm. Instead, out went half the first team, and Sunderland went on to lift the Championship and head off into the 'promised land' of the Premiership. Wilson tells the story not only of Sunderland's astonishing turnround, but also the transformation of their manager. As a player Keane was notoriously critical of shortcomings in his team-mates. Yet as a manager, he has inspired his side and seems a natural in the role, thanks to his razor sharp wit and insight. In the course of covering the Championship for the Independent and Independent on Sunday, Jonathan Wilson (himself a Mackem) has followed Sunderland's rise closely. Here he not only probes behind the scenes at The Stadium of Light, and brings an in-depth analysis to the club's achievement, he also celebrates one of the most remarkable seasons in the club's history. It is a football story as dramatic as any of recent years.
29 Minutes From Wembley
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Author : Steve Phelps
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2017-09-28
29 Minutes From Wembley written by Steve Phelps and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
On 10 February 1981 Coventry City stood 29 minutes from Wembley in the League Cup semi-final second leg at West Ham United's Upton Park. Victories over Manchester United, Brighton and Hove Albion, Cambridge United and Watford had taken Gordon Milne's side to the first semi-final in the club's 97-year history. City's youngsters missed out on a trip to Wembley in the cruellest of circumstances after a fantastic first leg at Highfield Road in front of 36,000 fans. For the first time, the cast of 1981 are reunited to tell their stories. 29 Minutes from Wembley features exclusive interviews with players, management, supporters and opposition stars. Contemporary media reports appear alongside memories and retrospectives to recall a wonderful time in Sky Blue history, the team's age averaging just 21. By the summer of 1983 the majority had left the club; here, they tell their individual stories of their time at Coventry City, a club still close to their hearts after all these years. Just how good could that team have been?
Building The Dynasty
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Author : Iain McCartney
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2015-09-16
Building The Dynasty written by Iain McCartney and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The definitive history of Manchester United's rise from being an 'ordinary' side in the 30s to a force in post-war English football. Discover the story of Matt Busby, Jimmy Murphy and the birth of the 'Babes' - the players, the games, the Building of the Dynasty. Having had the foresight to appoint an untried manager in Busby, the former Manchester City star overcame the challenge of having no home ground and cobbled together a United side to win the league and FA Cup. A lack of financial power saw the club embark on a youth development scheme under Murphy. Crowned First Division champions again in 1956, Busby took his youngsters to compete against the great sides in the fledgling European Cup; but it was a determination that was to prove fatal in Munich in 1958, on the homeward journey from a quarter-final tie in Belgrade. The unfulfilled dream had become a nightmare.
Chasing A Dream
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Author : Steve Orme
language : en
Publisher: Steve Orme
Release Date : 2021-08-16
Chasing A Dream written by Steve Orme and has been published by Steve Orme this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of basketball in Derby from 1976 onwards including how Toronto Raptors' head coach Nick Nurse got his first coaching position in England.
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 Volume 1
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 Volume 1 written by David Nemec and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"The business of baseball and player transactions by David Ball"-- t.p.
Films And Filming
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Films And Filming written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Motion pictures categories.
How Football Began
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Author : Tony Collins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-08-06
How Football Began written by Tony Collins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world’s football codes - soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian and Gaelic - developed as part of the commercialised leisure industry in the nineteenth century. Football, however and wherever it was played, was a product of the second industrial revolution, the rise of the mass media, and the spirit of the age of the masses. Important reading for students of sports studies, history, sociology, development and management, this book is also a valuable resource for scholars and academics involved in the study of football in all its forms, as well as an engrossing read for anyone interested in the early history of football.
The Schoolmasters Yearbook Educational Directory
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
The Schoolmasters Yearbook Educational Directory written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Education categories.