The Footballer Who Could Fly by Duncan Hamilton
Brings to life a bygone age telling the story of British football from the hardscrabble 1940s and the 'never-had-it-so-good' '50s right through to the dowdy First Division of the '70s and '80s, and slick Premiership.
Heart-crackingly nostalgic * The Times *
Spellbindingly evocative .. an unforgettable homage not only to his father but to his flat-capped generation of ye grand olde days of thud and mud and Saturday's teatime urban gloaming. * Observer *
Pitch perfect … This marvellous and affecting book, which is about love and fatherhood and history and manners as much as it is about football … Hamilton is a first-rate pen-portraitist. * Spectator *
Hamilton wrote two of the best sports books of recent years, on Brian Clough and the cricketer Harold Larwood ... a fine collection of vignettes ... make this another winner. * Sunday Times *
Hamilton takes us on a hugely enjoyable nostalgia trip...a moving depiction of how football can bind together a family. * Sunday Express *
Spellbindingly evocative .. an unforgettable homage not only to his father but to his flat-capped generation of ye grand olde days of thud and mud and Saturday's teatime urban gloaming. * Observer *
Pitch perfect … This marvellous and affecting book, which is about love and fatherhood and history and manners as much as it is about football … Hamilton is a first-rate pen-portraitist. * Spectator *
Hamilton wrote two of the best sports books of recent years, on Brian Clough and the cricketer Harold Larwood ... a fine collection of vignettes ... make this another winner. * Sunday Times *
Hamilton takes us on a hugely enjoyable nostalgia trip...a moving depiction of how football can bind together a family. * Sunday Express *
Duncan Hamilton is the author of Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year for 2007. In 2009, he was awarded the William Hill again, for Harold Larwood, as well as winning the prestigious Wisden Book of the Year for 2009 and Biography of the Year at the 2010 British Sports Book Awards. He lives in the Yorkshire Dales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099558576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099558572 |
| Title | The Footballer Who Could Fly |
| Author | Duncan Hamilton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2013-05-23 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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