The Glory Game

by Davies, Hunter

• ISBN13: 9780809293322
• ISBN10: 0809293323
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-03
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

The classic inside view of soccer Hailed as probably the best book about soccer ever written, The Glory Game gives a unique insight into the inner workings of a major-league soccer club. Author Hunter Davies was allowed unparalleled access to the inner sanctum of a top professional soccer team, the Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs), and his pen spared nothing and no one. This 30th-anniversary edition will appeal to new and enthusiastic audiences.

Author Biography

Hunter Davies is an author and journalist who contributes regularly to major British newspapers and has written more than 40 books.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(11)
Dramatis Personae	18	(1)
The First Day	19	(16)
Ralph Coates	35	(8)
Pre-Season Training	43	(13)
The First Game	56	(12)
Bill Nicholson	68	(12)
The Supporters	80	(12)
Alan Mullery	92	(11)
The Directors	103	(10)
The Skinhead Special	113	(16)
Martin Chivers	129	(9)
Nantes	138	(20)
Reserves and Nerves	158	(9)
Scouting for Boys	167	(13)
Mullery's Injury	180	(11)
The Battle of Bucharest	191	(15)
Background Staff	206	(10)
Cyril Gets Dropped	216	(11)
The Hangers-On	227	(7)
Bill Goes to Bristol	234	(13)
Mullery Misses a Party	247	(6)
Super Leeds	253	(15)
Pat Jennings	268	(9)
Milan	277	(8)
The European Final	285	(12)
Appendices to the 1972 Edition	297	(52)
1-2 Football Tactics and Drawings
3-5 First-Team Pool: Basic Facts
6-11 First-Team Pool: Football and Social Attitudes
12 Management
13 Directors
Appendix to the 1999 Edition
14 Spurs 1972 Team: Where are they now?	337	(12)
Index	349