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Football's Great War
As modern football grapples with the implications of a global crisis, this book looks at first in the game’s history: The First World War. The game’s structure and fabric faced existential challenges as fundamental questions were asked about its place and value in English society. This study explores how conflict reshaped the People’s Game on the English Home Front. The wartime seasons saw football's entire commercial model challenged and questioned. In 1915, the FA banned the payment of players, reopening a decades-old dispute between the game's early amateur values and its modern links to the world of capital and lucrative entertainment. Wartime football forced supporters to consider whether the game should continue, and if so, in what form? Using an array of previously unused sources and images, this book explores how players, administrators and fans grappled with these questions as daily life was continually reshaped by the demands of total war. From grassroots to elite football, players to spectators, gambling to charity work, this study examines the social, economic and cultural impact of what became Football's Great War.
The Road to Glory - Burnley's FA Cup Triumph in 1914
In April 1914, Burnley Football Club won the FA Cup, beating Liverpool in the Final at the Crystal Palace in front of His Majesty, King George V. It was the first time that the reigning monarch had attended a Cup Final and presented the trophy to the winners. The Road To Glory travels back in time to see how Burnley progressed in the FA Cup from 1885, through 30 years of failure, ending in victory in 1914. Mike Smith's book draws on match reports of the pre-WW1 period, football programmes and other archive sources, and is generously illustrated throughout with photographs of the period. The Road To Glory takes the reader on a journey back to the days when the FA Cup was the greatest football competition in the world.
Manchester United 1907-11
A nostalgic examination of the first truly great period of Manchester United's illustrious history
Growing Up, Blowing Up
This is a true story like no other: told from the perspective of a child who grew up in the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) from the age of three until young adulthood. It is a compelling recollection of all the drama he endured over the years: hiding in the basement as the building roof crumbled to the ground; evading the bombs on the way to school; maneuvering through deadly enemy checkpoints... There is a tale of forbidden love, and being forced to leave the girl he loved behind as his family attempted to escape the hellish ordeal. Amid the raging religious and political battles, there is a firsthand account of a boy trying to experience a semblance of a normal life: playing soccer, completing his education... staying alive.
Manchester United Friendlies
This book is a compilation of all the traced results, lineups and scorers of Manchester United's friendly games from 1880 onward. It also has a full Lancashire Senior Cup and Manchester Senior Cup results and goalscorers record, in addition to all the traced lineups from these competitions.
Newton Heath the Players a to Z
Over 300 players made at least one first team appearance for Newton Heath between 1878 and 1902. This book reveals their stories like never before, as well as including a vastly updated statistical section with newly traced fixtures and line-ups.
RED TALES
Red Tales tells 12 stories from Manchester United's distant past, going all the way back to the Newton Heath days. There are stories about past managers, like West, Robson, Chapman and Duncan. There are stories about colourful characters, like Warner, Jenkyns, Anderson and Reid. And there are interesting tales about obscure incidents, like an attempt to burn Old Trafford and a daring case of player impersonation.
Manchester United Players' Careers 2019
This book chronologically lists the career of every player who appeared competitively for Manchester United from 1886 to 2019, broken down by season, including before and after their time with the club. League and cup stats are provided separately, as well as international games. Over 900 players are covered, ranging from the biggest stars to the relative unknowns.
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Before They Were Famous
The Green and Gold campaign recently launched by Manchester United fans against the club's owners, the Glazer family, took its inspiration from the colours of the original Newton Heath club from which United emerged in 1902. This book attempts to explain the characters and history of that club. So how did a bunch of railway workers form a club that would eventually go on to be on of the most famous in football? For, unlike other Victorian clubs who were formed by wealthy benefactors wishing to fill empty stadia or else formed by well-connected church organisations with high-minded ideals regarding sporting activities, Heath were just a works team formed by workers at the Lancashire and Yorks...
