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This collection features many previously unseen images that give a fascinating glimpse into football in the fifties and sixties.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538556461329,"sku":"GOR006572280","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0752444778.jpg?v=1751435714"},{"product_id":"hearts-book-tom-purdie-9781445610788","title":"Hearts","description":"Saturday 23 October 1954 was a dank and dreary, wet afternoon in the city of Glasgow. Dismal it may have been but not for the thousands of Hearts fans standing on the vast slopes of Hampden Park who had just witnessed their team defeat Motherwell 4-2 in the final of the Scottish League Cup, the first major trophy the club had won since defeating Third Lanark 1-0 in the 1905\/06 Scottish Cup final. As Captain Bobby Parker held the trophy aloft to the resounding cheers of the Hearts support within Hampden, little did the fans back then know that this was to be the beginning of the most successful period in the club's history, 1954 to 1963, in which Hearts would go on to win the League championship twice, 1957\/58 and 1959\/60, the League Cup on three more occasions, 1958\/59, 1959\/60, 1962\/63, and the Scottish Cup in 1955\/56. They would also be runners-up in the League twice, 1956\/57 and 1958\/59, and finalists in the 1961\/62 League Cup. European football would also come to Tynecastle in seasons 1958\/59, 1960\/61 and 1961\/62. 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The royalties will be donated to Jim Rodger's widow and the Scottish Press Association charity (who are supporting the book, thus ensuring a great deal of good publicity). The book includes a foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572880941329,"sku":"GOR004105880","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0752422332.jpg?v=1766658147"},{"product_id":"hearts-at-war-1914-1919-book-tom-purdie-9781445633206","title":"Hearts at War 1914-1919","description":"In November 1914, Hearts led the Scottish First Division. In the middle of a debate about the morality of continuing professional football during the First World War and a campaign to shame footballers into joining up, eleven Hearts players enlisted in Sir George McCrae's battalion on 25 November. Hearts supporters and players and supporters from myriad other clubs flocked to join as well. Officially known as 16th Royal Scots, this unit was the first to be described as a footballers' battalion. On 1 July 1916, 15th and 16th Royal Scots attacked near the village of Contalmaison in the Somme Valley. Three Hearts players would die that day; seven would be killed in total during the war, and many more would be wounded. In this book, Tom Purdie tells the story of the Hearts players and supporters who served their country during the Great War and those who were left behind in Edinburgh who, with unstinting effort and sacrifice, helped to bring the club through that extremely trying time in its proud history.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49605210079505,"sku":"GOR006812893","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49732432593169,"sku":"NGR9781445633206","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53270106898705,"sku":"GOR011246893","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53365805416721,"sku":"GOR010405300","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445633205.jpg?v=1777714450"},{"product_id":"scottish-junior-cup-1946-1975-book-tom-purdie-9781445604176","title":"The Scottish Junior Cup 1946-1975","description":"The Scottish Junior Cup has been in contention since 1886 and is one of football's oldest trophies. With over 160 teams competing each year, the knockout competition is an important part of life in those towns and villages that regularly field a team. There have even been times when the tournament's popularity has threatened to eclipse the Seniors: over 77,650 attended the final of the 1951 Scottish Junior Cup, Petershill v. Irvine Meadow XI. From 1946 onwards, a programme was issued before the final and it is from that date that Tom Purdie, the operations manager for Hamilton Academical, has chosen to concentrate. The knockout aspect of the competition has meant that no team has dominated for more than a few years  -  although there is a notable statistical bias towards Ayrshire teams such as Auchinleck Talbot and Glenafton Athletic. The Scottish Junior Cup is a unique event that once saw whole towns deserted when their teams reached the final at Hampden Park in Glasgow, and Tom Purdie's collection of match programmes and photography from the era 1946 - 1975 is unrivalled. His book will awaken memories of a rougher and more vibrant age in the history of football.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50105167020305,"sku":"GOR006909651","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50146810331409,"sku":"GOR003320990","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445604175.jpg?v=1760522058"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-tom-purdie.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}