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The Glory Game (Mainstream Sport)

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He went on to successfully manage Wimbledon for seven years before short spells with Luton and Nottingham Forest. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting.

Glory Game: Remembering Hunter Davies’ legendary book, 50 The Glory Game: Remembering Hunter Davies’ legendary book, 50

There are a number of interesting pen portraits here, particularly of no nonsense manager Bill Nicholson, one of the most successful in the club's history. Some have their heads screwed on and look to have something to fall back on, while others are happy to live the high life while they can. Everything is going to plan for Luis Suarez to add to the former FC Barcelona players at Inter Miami. However, there is always the shadow of Margaret’s cancer in the background, and eventually the book becomes incredibly sad as she becomes terminally ill.Yes, they were sufficiently better off than the average man in the street, but the passages about some of their lifestyles being like those of a bank manager and concerns about what might happen to them if their career is ended or when they have to give up playing are quite profound. I’m a massive Spurs fan, so I found it intriguing to learn about the glory days of the past, the differences compared to today.

The Glory Game by Hunter Davies | Goodreads

Player outlines tough childhood (ideally where ball is only friend), player gets picked up, player nearly gets cut, player works hard, player gets success, player lightly coats off rival without revealing too much. left our protagonist at the cusp of working for one of the world’s greatest newspapers – The Sunday Times . Finally, how about this description of a party for one of the players to show that some things have moved on. And to celebrate the 50th anniversary since The Glory Game came out, Well Offside photographer Mark Leech delves into the Offside Sports Photography Archive to dig out the pictures taken for the book.had come after a League Cup final win had handed Tottenham a way back into Europe for the first time since 1967.

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