In Search of Alan Gilzean by James Morgan
Alan Gilzean was a truly great footballer, winning the league with Dundee and four trophies with Tottenham Hotspur. In his prime, the Leeds United manager Don Revie described him as the best touch player in Europe; even after his death in July 2018 the spine-tingling refrain of the Spurs fans who idolised him continues to echo down the generations: Gilzean, Gilzean, Born is the King of White Hart Lane. After a fan on a Spurs internet forum claimed that Gilzean was living as a down-and-out, James Morgan, a sports journalist and lifelong Tottenham fan, set out to separate fact from fiction and restore the legacy of an iconic footballer. Why was Gilzean not in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame? How had his name become forgotten in his hometown? And what had stopped him from returning to his throne at White Hart Lane?
Morgan, James: - James Morgan is the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Distance to the Moon and the critically acclaimed If These Walls Had Ears: The Biography of a House. He also collaborated with Virginia Kelley, President Clinton's mother, on her bestselling autobiography, Leading with My Heart. Morgan's articles and essays have appeared in numerous national media, including The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post Magazine, Men's Journal, and National Geographic Traveler. He and his wife now live in Paris.
Visit www.chasingmatisse.com
Visit www.chasingmatisse.com
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781909430266 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909430269 |
| Title | In Search of Alan Gilzean |
| Author | James Morgan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | BackPage Press Limited |
| Year published | 2019-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |