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Forever Boys: The Days of Citizens and Heroes
James Lawton
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Description for Forever Boys: The Days of Citizens and Heroes
Paperback. Series: Wisden Sports Writing. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2015 Sometimes you love a football team not only for their strengths, the splendour of their play and the appealing thrust of their character, but also the haunting possibility that their best hopes may never be fulfilled. This has rarely been demonstrated so vividly as by the Manchester City team who briefly, but unforgettably, illuminated the late sixties. And no one was more caught up in their struggles and their triumphs than James Lawton, a young sportswriter starting out on a career that would take him to all the great ... Read more
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2015 Sometimes you love a football team not only for their strengths, the splendour of their play and the appealing thrust of their character, but also the haunting possibility that their best hopes may never be fulfilled. This has rarely been demonstrated so vividly as by the Manchester City team who briefly, but unforgettably, illuminated the late sixties. And no one was more caught up in their struggles and their triumphs than James Lawton, a young sportswriter starting out on a career that would take him to all the great ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Wisden Sports Writing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472912428
SKU
V9781472912428
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About James Lawton
James Lawton first started covering top-flight football as a 19-year-old for the Daily Telegraph in 1963 and after a seven-year stint in North America, went on to become chief sports writer of the Daily Express and the Independent, with whom he was three times voted sportswriter of the year and was also awarded the sports columnist and sports feature writer ... Read more
Reviews for Forever Boys: The Days of Citizens and Heroes
A beautifully written, nostalgic journey ... Lawton visits all living participants, but he breaks the good reporter's rule by including his own reflections. They make it all the richer
Sunday Times
Excellent ... Forever Boys is necessary reading for City fans
The (Glasgow) Herald
This golden era is beautifully captured in James Lawton's Forever Boys
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Sunday Times
Excellent ... Forever Boys is necessary reading for City fans
The (Glasgow) Herald
This golden era is beautifully captured in James Lawton's Forever Boys
... Read more