Into the Light by Roger Hutchinson
The story of Sunderland Football Club, charting the club's progress from being the first great team to dominate the Football League, to the squad which returned to the top of English soccer at the dawn of the new millennium. Hutchinson traces a journey from Newcastle Road to the Stadium of Light by way of Roker Park. The early days of the Team of All the Talents - the side in red and white stripes which took the English League by storm, breaking records and their opponents' hearts year after brilliant year - are brought vividly to life. Great goal-scorers and goal-makers like Johnny Campbell and Jimmy Gillespie and sensational goalkeepers such as the legendary Ned Doig, stride out of the pages of this book. And the figures whose brilliance made Roker roar - from Len Shackleton and Brian Clough to Peter Reid and Niall Quinn - are vividly portrayed. Hutchinson also explores the club's devotion to winning trophies with style. The long - and finally triumphant - quest for FA Cup victories is followed game by game. The heartbreaks and disappointments are also here in this see-saw ride through 120 years of English football which ends as it began - right at the top.
Hutchinson, Roger: - Roger Hutchinson is an award-winning author and journalist. After working as an editor in London, in 1977 he joined the West Highland Free Press in Skye. Since then he has published thirteen books, including Polly: the True Story Behind Whisky Galore. He is still attached to the WHFP as editorialist and columnist, and has written for BBC Radio, The Scotsman, The Guardian, The Herald and The Literary Review. His book The Soap Man (Birlinn 2003) was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year (2004). Calum's Road has been a huge bestseller, shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize (2007) with film rights sold.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840182163 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840182164 |
| Title | Into the Light |
| Author | Roger Hutchinson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-11-22 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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