McIlvanney On Football

McIlvanney On Football

by HughMcIlvanney (Author)

Synopsis

Hugh McIlvanney is a living legend in sports journalism. A regular winner of the UK Sports Writer of the Year Award, he is the only sportswriter to have been voted Journalist of the Year and in 2005 he was named as one of the top British journalists of the modern era. This book represents the best of almost 40 years of excellence in football writing for The Scotsman, The Observer and the Sunday Times, including accounts of epic matches and profiles of managerial giants from Matt Busby and Bill Shankly to Jack Charlton, Terry Venables and Alex Ferguson. It provides essays on footballing greats such as Pele, Best and Maradona, looks at disasters from Ibrox to Hillsborough and celebrates some of the most spectacular World Cup competitions.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Published: 09 Sep 1999

ISBN 10: 1840180994
ISBN 13: 9781840180992

Media Reviews
McIlvanney's is as good as sports writing gets and the best of it can be found in this book * Sunday Times *
All football writers should keep this book by their sides in case the magic rubs off * The Observer *
Football has brought out the street poet in McIlvanney. He is the journalistic equivalent of Jock Stein, Matt Busby and Alex Ferguson * The Scotsman *
McIlvanney on Football should be considered as close to the Holy Bible as you're going to get . . . That McIlvanney is a prophet of divine wisdom and inspired insight when it comes to the Beautiful Game is beyond mortal questioning * Total Football *