Its Burnley Not Barcelona

Author : Dave Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903158425
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's Burnley Not Barcelona written by Dave Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Burnley Not Barcelona is the diary of season 2002/2003 at Burnley Football Club, possibly the most financially difficult season in Burnley's long history since that of The Orient Game in 1987. The travels, hopes and joys of a long-suffering supporter, as well as the despair, the drenchings and hypothermia are set out against the financial problems, reduced budgets and insecurity suffered by all Nationwide clubs following the collapse of ITV Digital. August 2002 was disastrous at Burnley FC, leaving them in bottom place after four defeats and with scores of disgruntled supporters. From then on the book chronicles Burnley's recovery and progress with wit, humour, pointed observation and a bit of education thrown in for free. 2002/2003 was a marvellously eventful season, one of the most entertaining for years, with two wonderful Cup runs and some bizarre games. It's Burnley Not Barcelona records the aspirations of supporters blessed, some might say cursed, with dreams of grandeur. Unfortunately dreams come unstuck too often at Turf Moor with results such as Grimsby 6 Burnley 5 on Halloween Night, Burnley 4 Watford 7 and Burnley 2 Sheffield Wednesday 7. It's Burnley Not Barcelona

Author : Dave Thomas
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785319205
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Such a Bad Life written by Dave Thomas and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Weller was a one-club player. He moved from sunny Brighton aged just 16 to dreary Burnley, with its grey skies, run-down terraced streets and mill chimneys, where riots were among the first things he saw. A more timid person might have caught the first train home. But he went on to play 252 games for the Clarets between 1993 and 2005. He would have played many more but for suffering the debilitating effects of colitis. It took a huge chunk out of his career, forcing him out of the first team. Other players might have capitulated, but he faced the problem head on, battled it and beat it and got back into the first team, with a promotion to the Championship. Remarkably, he was 'player of the season' the very next year. This is a real-life story of how to overcome obstacles and fight illness using courage, grit and determination. But it is also a story of the bullying, pitfalls and perils that await any aspiring footballer, the impact of managers and the inhuman cruelty with which players can be so casually released.

Author : Stan Ternent
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784185329
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stan The Man - A Hard Life in Football written by Stan Ternent and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extraordinary life story of Stan Ternent, one of the most outrageous managers in professional football. Celebrated for achieving a series of promotions on shoestring budgets, he has coached some of football's biggest names, including Ian Wright, Vinnie Jones, Dennis Wise and Gazza.Stan's outspoken attitude and uncompromising behaviour have been legendary within football circles for years. So have his punch-ups. Now, for the first time, the current Burnley manager - called "one of the greatest characters in the game" by the Scot who manages Man United - reveals his amazing exploits from four decades as a football icon.'If you only buy one football book this year, make it this one.' - Shoot'One of the funniest football books I've ever read' - Ian Wright'...brutally honest, a savage, wonderful read.' - Sunday Times

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1926 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Curtis
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 1785787330
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City in Europe written by Simon Curtis and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A superb book and a must-read for any City fan.' - DANIEL TAYLOR, senior writer, The Athletic 'A thorough and delicious retelling of perhaps not the most successful of European journeys, but definitely the most interesting ... Fantastic.' - DAVID MOONEY, BBC Radio 5 Live 'A book that brilliantly explodes the myth that City have no history or pedigree in Europe.' - SIMON MULLOCK, chief football writer, Sunday Mirror THE ESSENTIAL NEW HISTORY OF MANCHESTER CITY'S EUROPEAN TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES FEATURING A FOREWORD BY CITY LEGEND FRANCIS LEE As one of the first English sides to taste glory in Europe, lifting the Cup Winners' Cup in 1970, City looked set for life among the continent's elite. But as their domestic fortunes went from bad to worse to absolute calamity, the wilderness returned. Avid City fan and respected journalist Simon Curtis dusts off the details of some truly intoxicating away days. Filled with tales of the club's travelling support and the evocative accounts of the journalists who saw the team of the Seventies, Curtis tells the story of a club steeped in history, defiantly refusing to bow to pomp and ceremony as it goes about lifting the ultimate prize. After a spectacular rebuild and having achieved all there is to achieve on the domestic stage, including a record-breaking 100-point season in 2017-18, City's deep-pocketed owners have their sights firmly set on European glory once more. Yet for all their recent success at home, they are anything but welcome guests at Europe's top table.

Author : Felix Abayateye
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Graphic Sports written by Felix Abayateye and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Goodwin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0954043421
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spurs Alphabet written by Bob Goodwin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete record of every player to have made a first team appearance for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

Author : AUSTIN AGUOCHA
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 171613868X
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Close Finish written by AUSTIN AGUOCHA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant attempt at exposing the thrills, expectations and perils of football prediction.A fun read.

Author : Ransford Tetteh
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daily Graphic written by Ransford Tetteh and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dave Thomas
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781909626690
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Says Football Doesn't Do Fairytales? written by Dave Thomas and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the management philosophy of Sean Dyche, which enabled a sporting David to compete with the Goliaths Once upon a time, on April 21, 2014, something extraordinary happened, as unfashionable Burnley sealed their promotion to the Premier League. It was the improbable culmination to one of the most magical, inspirational, and unpredictable stories in the modern game. This is English soccer's "Moneyball." At the start of the season, the Lancashire club were among the favorites for relegation from the Championship, with a tiny budget, threadbare squad, and a manager plucked from the supposed scrapheap. Few outside of Turf Moor gave them a hope: Burnley were there to make up the numbers alongside big-budget, high-spending rivals. Even before they sold their star striker in the opening month of the campaign. This book tells the story of a season which Dyche called a"'marker for history" and gives an insight into how a sporting David can still overcome economic strictures to beat the Goliaths."