Football - Bloody Hell!
Title | Football - Bloody Hell! PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Barclay |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 508 |
Release | 2010-10-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1407084712 |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS Sir Alex Ferguson is the most controversial and compelling figure in football. For many he ranks as the greatest manager of all time. He is certainly the most successful. It's been more than ten years since Ferguson's Manchester United triumphed over Bayern Munich in the dying seconds of the Champions League final. Since then he has presided over the rise and fall and rise again of José Mourinho; the arrival and departure of the world's best player, Ronaldo; the removal of one English talisman - Beckham - and the irresistible instalment of another - Rooney. Ferguson has been instrumental in making the Premier League the most successful competition in football, and he has endured while the mountains of cash have turned to valleys of debt. Throughout, award-winning journalist Patrick Barclay has been pitch-side and spoken to all those who know Ferguson best - fellow managers, former players, colleagues and commentators. The result is Football - Bloody Hell!: the definitive work on the game's greatest living legend.
Football - Bloody Hell!
Title | Football - Bloody Hell! PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Barclay |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 512 |
Release | 2010-10-31 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781407084725 |
The Alex Ferguson Quote Book
Title | The Alex Ferguson Quote Book PDF eBook |
Author | Ebury Press |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 151 |
Release | 2013-06-06 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1448177626 |
Football. Bloody hell.' The longest serving and most successful manager in British football history shocked the world by finally retiring in May 2013 and instantly created more column inches and twitter mentions that the death of Margaret Thatcher. And he wasn’t just the greatest, but also one of the most outspoken, engaging and witty voices from the game, as this book proves. Here is the history of his supreme verbal sparring during his years at Manchester United - the man in his own words (with a few additional thoughts from those who knew him best and crossed swords with him most). 'There's nothing wrong with losing your temper once in a while if it's for the right reasons' 'If he was an inch taller he’d be the best centre-half in Britain. His father is 6ft 2in – I’d check the milkman' On Gary Neville 'He could start a row in an empty house' On Denis Wise 'The list of gentle, naturally retiring men who have been successful in their attempts at running clubs isn't a long one, is it?
Squeaky Bum Time
Title | Squeaky Bum Time PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Aurum |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2011-06-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1845137329 |
Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired in May 2013 as manager of Manchester United is the most success manager English football has ever seen. He was simultaneously the most admired and feared manager in British football. During almost forty years in the dugout, and over half a century in the professional game, he’s torn up the record books, amassed a treasure trove of silverware, and unleashed the hairdryer – as well as the odd football boot – on countless players, rival managers, referees and journalists. But amid the sound, the fury and the mind-games lurks one of sport’s greatest wits. So here we present Sir Alex Ferguson: uncompromising, unrivalled and uncut. On Arsène Wenger: ‘They say he’s an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I’ve got a fifteen-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages.’ On Dennis Wise: ‘He could start a row in an empty house.' On referees: ‘Can anyone tell me why they give referees a watch? It’s certainly not for keeping the time.’ On his humble beginnings: ‘People say mine was a poor upbringing. I don't know what they mean. It was tough, but it wasn't bloody poor. We maybe didn't have a TV. We didn't have a car. We didn't even have a phone. But I thought I had everything, and I did: I had a football.’ After the winning the European Cup in 1999: ‘I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. Football, eh? Bloody hell.’
Football Bloody Hell
Title | Football Bloody Hell PDF eBook |
Author | Footprint Workers Co-op |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 2007* |
Genre | Soccer |
ISBN |
Football... Bloody Hell
Title | Football... Bloody Hell PDF eBook |
Author | Martyn Green |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 2017-07-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781521926680 |
In the long history of the beautiful game, there have been philosophers, theorists, eloquent analysts and poets. And then there are just managers having a rant. All of them come together to create the story of the sport, from its earliest days to its modern incarnation, and all of them are an important part of its creation. Football... Bloody Hell. It certainly can surprise you.
The Philosophy of Football
Title | The Philosophy of Football PDF eBook |
Author | Steffen Borge |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 298 |
Release | 2019-06-07 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 042960212X |
Human beings are the only creatures known to engage in sport. We are sporting animals, and our favourite pastime of football is the biggest sport spectacle on earth. The Philosophy of Football presents the first sustained, in-depth philosophical investigation of the phenomenon of football. In explaining the complex nature of football, the book draws on literature in sociology, history, psychology and beyond, offering real-life examples of footballing actions alongside illuminating thought experiments. The book is organized around four main themes considering the character, nature, analysis and aesthetics of football. It discusses football as an extra-ordinary, unnecessary, rule-based, competitive, skill-based physical activity, articulated as a social (as opposed to natural) kind that is fictional in character, and where fairness or fair play – contrary to much sport ethical discussion – is not centre stage. Football, it is argued, is a constructive- destructive contact sport and, in comparison to other sports, is lower scoring and more affected by chance. The latter presents to its spectators a more unpredictable game and a darker, more complex and denser drama to enjoy. The Philosophy of Football deepens our understanding of the familiar features of the game, offering novel interpretations on what football is, how and why we play it, and what the game offers its followers that makes us so eagerly await match day. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the world’s most popular game or in the philosophical or social study of sport.