Forever boys : the days of citizens and heroes
Lawton, James2015
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Sometimes you love a football team not only for their strengths, the splendour of their play and the appealing thrust of their character, but also the haunting possibility that their best hopes may never be fulfilled. This has rarely been demonstrated so vividly as by the Manchester City team who briefly, but unforgettably, illuminated the late 60s. And no one was more caught up in their struggles and their triumphs than James Lawton, a young sportswriter starting out on a career that would take him to all the great events of world sport. Yet still, 50 years after Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison began to shape the brilliant team, he counts watching their rise to glory as one of the most exciting times of his professional life. Lawton goes back to those heroes, interviewing all the main players and characters who are still alive, and vividly brings to life the story of that City team.
Main title:
Forever boys : the days of citizens and heroes / James Lawton.
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Imprint:
London : Wisden Sports Writing, 2015.
Collation:
332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781472912404 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1083301
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