Few football clubs can boast a story quite as dramatic, rich and romantic as Spurs. Even the name is unique - there really is only one Tottenham Hotspur. That reputation for being a club that stands out from the crowd has been forged over 130 tumultuous years - a heritage that features a pageant of sporting endeavour, famous matches, memorable events, all starring a colourful cast of characters, among them some of the finest players ever to lace a football boot. The highlights and notable episodes within that extraordinary tale are told in Tottenham Hotspur - Those Were The Games. Drawing on the encyclopedic archives of the Daily Mirror, the cup triumphs, the peerless Double season, the thrilling league campaigns, and the unforgettable European encounters that in large part shaped the club's identity, are all brought tovivid life through authentic match reports and atmospheric photographs to create a unique treasury of the Lilywhites achievements. There is also fascinating and poignant reflection on the tragedies and heroic failures that have befallen the club, along with the unexpected outcomes and assorted events threaded through the richly-woven tapestry of the Tottenham story.
It's all here in a cornucopia of football action. If you love Tottenham Hotspur, and you want to relive your most precious memories, or discover fresh insight, you simply can't be without Those Were The Games - Tottenham Hotspur.
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Höhe: 250 mm
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978-0-85733-195-3 (9780857331953)
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Adam Powley is an award-winning author and journalist and writer behind over 20 books, many on Tottenham Hotspur. He is the co-author of 61: The Spurs Double, winner of the best illustrated book in the British Sports Book Awards 2011. He is the author of When Football Was Football: Tottenham Hotspur, and is the co-author of the bestselling Spurs Miscellany and the critically acclaimed The Boys From White Hart Lane. He was also a major contributor to The Spurs Opus,When Saturday Comes: The half-decent football book, and Football: The Ultimate Guide. He has also reported and written for the Sunday Mirror,The Times, The Guardian, and Time Out.
Drawing on the Daily Mirror's outstanding photographic archive combined with Haynes Publishing's wealth of experience "Those Were The Games - Tottenham Hotspur" carries on the successful "When Football Was Football" series in telling a wonderful story of Spurs greatest moments in a century of memorable matches. Superb photographs combine with contemporary match reports to present a vivid and immediate 'as-it-happened' record of Tottenham's history. Features all the cup triumphs, the peerless Double season, the thrilling league campaigns, and the unforgettable European encounters that in large part shaped the club's identity. Fascinating insights into how the game was played and evolved, through the exploits of the club's greatest players and managers. Reveals the unexpected outcomes and assorted events threaded through the richly-woven tapestry of the Tottenham story. Written and compiled by an award-winning author, journalist and writer of over 20 books, many on Tottenham Hotspur.
