Heading for Victory by Steve Bruce

Heading for Victory by Steve Bruce

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An autobiography of Steve Bruce, the captain of Manchester United football team. It includes his early career at Gillingham, his mid-twenties spell at Norwich and the next five years at Manchester. It also describes what it is like to play alongside footballers such as Ryan Giggs and Eric Cantona.

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Heading for Victory by Steve Bruce

Manchester United has risen in the last three years to the pinnacle of English football, crowning their achievements by winning the first Premier League Championships in 1993. At Christmas in the 1993/4 season they were 13 points clear at the top of the league. Alongside manager Alec Ferguson thoughout has been Steve Bruce, the central back in the No.4 shirt, who from time to time comes forward to score a crucial goal. This book reveals the inside story of the United dressing room, and what it is like to play alongside footballers such as Ryan Giggs and Eric Cantona. Bruce's story includes his early years at Gillingham, his mid-twenties spell at Norwich and finally the last five years at Manchester United.

Steve Bruce, Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen

Steve Bruce is an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. He taught at The Queen's University, Belfast, from 1978 to 1991 and since 2001 he has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and in 2005 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Steve Bruce is the author of a number of books, including Secular Beats Spiritual (OUP, 2017), Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society: Fifty Years On (OUP 2016), and Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2014).

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ISBN 13 9780747520160
ISBN 10 074752016X
Title Heading for Victory
Author Steve Bruce
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1995-07-14
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.