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Fitba Daft
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Author : James Meikle
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-03
Fitba Daft written by James Meikle and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Fitba (football, soccer) is truly the world's game. It evokes the deepest emotions in the millions who play and watch it in almost every corner and culture around our globe. So where does this passion come from? Some of it is certainly inherent in genes, especially in respect of playing ability. However millions who have never played at any serious level are amongst the most fanatical of all. Like most addictions it is something formed by steady consumption over a prolonged period. Alcohol, nicotine and cocaine have much more obvious routes to our bloodstream but I firmly believe that soccer can get there too. It can ultimately provide such an overwhelming sensation of joy that the brain craves repetition of that euphoria, even if it may have to wait thirty years or more between very brief highs. Here's a true life story which provides a detailed insight into the environment and twists of fate which contrive to addict one Scottish boy and sustain that addiction even when he moves to America. They have soccer in America? Oh yeah, more than you can imagine.
Football Daft
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Author : Rob Childs
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-07-30
Football Daft written by Rob Childs and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-30 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Brain Draper is the butt of many jokes at school about his difficulties with reading, but Luke knows he's also a talented goal-scorer. Can Luke persuade his friend to pluck up his confidence and show everyone his skill on the pitch? Another football feast from today's best-known writer of soccer fiction.
Pilton Keelie
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Author : James Meikle
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-12-14
Pilton Keelie written by James Meikle and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Is it better to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth or a hunger in your belly? Is life in the city better than life in the country? Is life in the new world really better than life in old Europe? Is private education better than public? Is a university degree compulsory to success in life?. What exactly is a better life? Affluence does not guarantee happiness and poverty does not guarantee misery and regardless of inherent socio-economic standing a kind or cruel bounce at the right or wrong moment can be life-changing. Strong parental love and guidance ultimately trump actual money but the latter does make further education more readily available and that generally opens up more opportunities in the modern world. My wife and I had no post-secondary education and loved our upbringing yet we strived very hard to make sure our children did have university degrees and a shot at that better life. I hope the joyful if sometimes embarrassing memoirs of a Scottish working class boy, combined with a good deal of social history and the many quirks of the common language which my native and adopted countries allegedly share, can amuse and inform.
The Legend Of The Mary Celeste And Other Poems
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Author : Francis Kerr Young
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2006-03-01
The Legend Of The Mary Celeste And Other Poems written by Francis Kerr Young and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-01 with Poetry categories.
The Legend of the Mary Celeste is a 4500-word poem about this ill-starred ship and the horrible events that caused her to be discoveredadrift and abandoned near the Azores in November 1872. The anthology of poems is in seven sections: A Medley of Sonnets on various subjects; Poems of West Virginia, Seafarers of the 20th Century, includes a voyage aboard the RMS Queen Mary; Whaâs like us? Humorous views and flashbacks of an exile Scot; Ballades and Villanelles, modern versions of 14th-century poems, and finally Recollections, works that reflect life, human nature, Mother Nature, humour, sadness, grief, war, and current events.
Football Daft
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Author : Michael Parkinson
language : en
Publisher: Arrow
Release Date : 1973
Football Daft written by Michael Parkinson and has been published by Arrow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Soccer categories.
Gallus
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Author : Michael McEwan
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2023-09-07
Gallus written by Michael McEwan and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who insist that football is just a game, and those who know better. Take the April 1967 clash between England and Scotland. Wounded by their biggest rivals winning the World Cup just nine months earlier, Bobby Brown's Scots travelled to Wembley on the mother of all missions. Win and they would take a huge step towards qualifying for the 1968 European Championship, end England's formidable 19-game unbeaten streak, and, best of all, put Sir Alf Ramsey's men firmly back in their box. Lose? Well, that was just unthinkable. Meanwhile, off the pitch, the winds of change were billowing through Scotland. Nationalism, long confined to the margins of British politics, was starting to penetrate the mainstream, gaining both traction and influence. Was England's World Cup victory a defining moment in the Scottish independence movement? Or did it consign Scotland to successive generations of myopic underachievement? Michael McEwan, author of The Ghosts of Cathkin Park, returns to 1967 to explore a crucial ninety minutes in the rebirth of a nation.
Football Daft
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Author : Michael Parkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Football Daft written by Michael Parkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Soccer categories.
We Ll Support You Evermore
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Author : Ian Archer
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-01-13
We Ll Support You Evermore written by Ian Archer and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-13 with History categories.
'It has to start somewhere for everyone, this daft, wild, extraordinary notion that happiness is a Scottish lap of honour and that the greatest, most hysterical happiness would be a Scottish lap of honour on a World Cup final day, England having just retired to the dressing-rooms, not just beaten, but destroyed, humiliated, thrashed, gubbed . . . ' - Ian Archer First published in 1976, We'll Support You Evermore is a collection of reminiscences about the nation's favourite game. Hilarious tales of after-match celebrations and moving accounts of growing up playing football on the mean streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh rub shoulders with memories of superb victories, glorious defeats and drunken jaunts abroad. Together, these produce an entertaining portrait of Scottish supporters. Novelist Alan Sharp and Gordon Williams contribute essays, as do journalists Ian Archer, John Rafferty and Hugh Taylor among others. Each writes about his own personal recollections of the game: the Wembley Wizards, the Famous Five, Third Lanark, the Old Firm, Queen's Park, Hearts, Hibs, and many more. There's something here for every fitba'-daft reader.
Life Matters
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Author : Colin Murray
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2023-09-12
Life Matters written by Colin Murray and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-12 with Health & Fitness categories.
In his late fifties and having one eye on a well-earned retirement Colin Murray, a full-time decorator and Church pastor in North East Scotland received the bombshell news he was suffering from Motor Neurone Disease. From the sheer panic of his first night following his MND diagnosis, Colin confronts the brutal, merciless muscle wasting disease head on with prayer and positivity. Accepting his diagnosis, he continues to fight his prognosis with positivity and prayer. In Life Matters, Colin reminds us that we should never minimise or over spiritualise anyone’s struggle with pain and that secular groups are more compassionate, empathetic, and Christlike than Christians with questionable doctrine. While many question their faith and recoil with fear in the face of a terminal diagnosis Colin remains a persevering, shining light to many during his declining health and an ever-increasing loss of mobility. This book is testimony that hope is real, Spirit life is real and in: “Gods strength is made perfect in weakness”. As a Church pastor Colin realises that his life now, is his greatest sermon. It is clear reading this powerful book that Colin is no whitewashed tomb. He is alive in Christ, already a possessor of the “life of the age to come”. Although outwardly wasting away Colin is being inwardly renewed “daily”. This is a must read for anyone battling a serious illness.
The Sevenpenny Gate
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Author : John Cairney
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-10-06
The Sevenpenny Gate written by John Cairney and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Clutching in my hand my seven copper pennies, I ran down the two flights of stone stairs from our tenement flat and through the East End to Kinloch Street, where, puffing a bit, I joined the queue of other wee boys lining up to place their coins on the brass plate above the iron turnstile, push hard against it, then climb up onto the dirt terracing and into Paradise. The rest of the world called it Celtic Park.' This is a story seen through green-and-white spectacles. It begins when nine-year-old Glaswegian John Cairney walks through the boys' gate at Celtic Park and embarks on a series of adventures that, over the years, take him all over Scotland and beyond. The Sevenpenny Gate is about a search for heroes, Celtic heroes. It is also the tale of an East End club of humble Irish origins that has developed into a worldwide brand and continues to command the devotion of its fans, even with the Celtic diaspora now spread across the globe.