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John Giles - The Great and the Good - 9781444743623 - 9781444743623
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The Great and the Good

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Description for The Great and the Good hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.

In The Great and the Good, Ireland's leading football pundit and legend of the game John Giles looks back on more than fifty years of football, at developments in the game from the post-War period to the present day, the great players who drove it forward, the visionary managers and their teams, and the age-old question of what makes a player good and what makes one great.
From his earliest days, John Giles can recall pondering the subject. 'You'd hear about certain "great" players, such as Stanley Matthews, but no one would ever explain why they were great. And it's ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Castleknock, Ireland
ISBN
9781444743623
SKU
9781444743623
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4

About John Giles
John Giles was born in Dublin in 1940. A prodigiously gifted young footballer, at just 15 years of age, Giles moved to Manchester, playing for the Manchester United youth team. And in 1959, the year after the Munich Air Disaster, he made his debut for the Man United first team against Spurs, beginning a career at the top of the ... Read more

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