By Scott Murray
In The Title Scott Murray provides a full of life, cherry-picked heritage of the country's soccer narrative during the prism of the previous First department. wealthy with humour but underpinned with sturdy learn, this can be a wonderful ramble throughout English football's various terrain.
With as a lot approximately Preston, Burnley, Wolves, Portsmouth and West Brom because the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, we examine the fewer famous tales the game has to inform, corresponding to the plight of Glossop – the smallest membership to ever play top-flight soccer. each interval is roofed from the early managerial genius of Tom Watson, the bowler-hatted Victorian Mourinho, to Kenny Dalglish and Alex Ferguson, through Herbert Chapman, Matt Busby, invoice Shankly and Brian Clough.
All provided in Murray's traditional sardonic sort, The identify is a hugely knowledgeable, clean and affectionate one-stop advisor to the heritage of the English video game, and a pride for any soccer fan.
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