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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Rise and Fall of Pontypool RFC

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Rise and Fall of Pontypool RFC

by Alun Carter (Author), Alun Carter (Author), Nicholas Bishop (Author)

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    Hardcover 2013

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Synopsis

What made Pontypool such a great seam of talent for the Welsh national team? Why were they hated and feared in equal measure by other clubs in Wales and across the Severn? What made Ray Prosser a coach ahead of his time? In this engrossing book, Alun Carter and Nick Bishop recount the dramatic story of the rise and fall of one of the great enigmas of Welsh club rugby: Pontypool RFC. They chart the glories and violence of the amateur era in the 1970s and '80s before the club entered a period of steady decline in the age of professionalism, reaching the point of bankruptcy after a crippling legal battle with the Welsh Rugby Union. It is a symbolic tale of the disintegration of the social fabric that held a once-great club together, both on and off the playing field - often irresistibly funny, eventually tragic, but always larger than life.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Published: 10 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 1780576374
ISBN 13: 9781780576374
Book Overview: The story of one of the founding member clubs of the Welsh Rugby Union, Pontypool RFC, from the 1970s to the present day

Media Reviews
What makes the book so compelling and readable is the window it opens on to the rugby of that period and the imperatives, still as relevant today, behind great teams and institutions ... Fascinating and affecting -- Paul Ackford The Times ...absorbing work that aims to get to the heart of what made the club tick. -- Iwan Gabe Davies South Wales Argus (Newport) ... immensely readable and enjoyable second book ... tells the history of the great club through the voices of former greats ... -- Iwan Gabe Davies Free Press (Pontypool)
Author Bio
Nick Bishop has worked as a rugby analyst and scout for Graham Henry and for the Wales national squad. He is the author of four other books, including Henry's Pride with Graham Henry. Alun Carter is a former Wales international who also played for Pontypool, Newport, SO Millau and UWIC. He later worked for the WRU for 12 years, fulfilling the role of head analyst from 1998 to 2007. Together, they were the authors of Seeing Red: Twelve Tumultuous Years in Welsh Rugby.