The Toon by Roger Hutchinson
This is the full story, unofficial and uncensored, of one of the greatest football clubs in the country. From its birth in the 1890s to its rebirth in the 1990s and up to season 2003-4, The Toon tells of a small soccer club, long in the shadow of an enormous rival, which grew to eclipse that rival - and every other club in Great Britain. Roger Hutchinson brings to life the sensational early successes of Newcastle United, recreating the great Anglo-Scottish team which dominated the Football League before the First World War. He vividly describes the helter-skelter attacking sides of the 1930s and the Cup giants of the 1950s, and gives us the European conquerors of the 1960s and the squads of the 1970s and '80s, before showing us how today's cosmopolitan side of title-chasing internationals was built. This lively, hard-hitting book portrays the brilliant management of such legends as Frank Watt and takes us down through the thrilling decades right up to the reign of Sir Bobby Robson. In its pages we see the educated play of Andy Aitken and Colin Veitch; we watch as the fast and furious centre-forward play of Jock Peddie paves the way for the era of the great Hughie Gallacher and the
Roger Hutchinson is an award-winning author and journalist. After spending his early career in London editing magazines, he moved in 1977 to work in Skye, where he still lives. His previous books include High Sixties: The Summers of Riot and Love, All the Sweets of Being: A Life of James Boswell and Empire Games: The British Invention of Twentieth-Century Sport.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840189018 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840189010 |
| Title | The Toon |
| Author | Roger Hutchinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-09-09 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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