The Sheffield United Miscellany
Erschienen am 17. März 2017
144 Seiten
978-0-7509-8398-3 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The Sheffield United - a book on the Blades like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legends. Sheffield United FC enjoy a notable history. Names such as Ernest Needham, Jimmy Hagan and Alan Woodward have worn the famous red and white stripes hundreds of times. As has the mercurial Tony Currie plus the infamous William 'Fatty' Foulke - a huge keeper who walked off the field at a whim and once dumped a forward on his head in a muddy penalty area. The Sheffield United Miscellany charts these events and many more in an intriguing format. Well known events are covered as are some priceless trivia gems - who can claim to have known the club was founded on the site of one of snooker's most hallowed venues and hosted the obscure winter sport of bandy? Also featured are a wide range of statistics, quotes and biographies from the club's 110-year history, making it a must for any Blade. Can you really afford not to own a copy?
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Stroud
Großbritannien
Dateigröße
0,76 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-8398-3 (9780750983983)
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Darren Phillips
The Sheffield United Miscellany
Buch
10/2010
The History Press Ltd
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Darren Phillips has been a sports journalist for many years and in that time has worked on the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo, the Sheffield Star, the St Helens Star and the St Helens Reporter.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Introduction & Acknowledgements
- Founding Fathers
- The First, If not the Only . . .
- The Crucible was a Crucial Venue
- No Place Like Home
- Pigeons and Rabbits are Safe at Bramall Lane
- Knocking 'Em Backndy
- Anyone for Cricket?
- Grounds for Complaint
- Wednesday's Days at the Lane
- Back to the Future
- A Home from Home
- The True Blades?
- Where did you Get that Crest?
- Sporting Colours
- Derry Tribute
- Why Stripes? Possibly Something to Sleep On
- National Service
- No Admission
- Bar Room Gossip
- Highs and Lows
- Zulus
- Penalty!
- A Man Down from the Start
- Taking a Battering from the Elements
- Danger Uxb!
- Late Kick-Off
- An Unassuming Legend
- Kicking Off a Whole New Ball Game
- The Referee has Given Another Corner
- Both Sides of the City
- The Ultimate Football Mercenary?
- An Owl who Feathered the Nest
- A Leppard Prepared to Change his Stripes?
- Derby Days
- Knives Often out in the Steel City
- Batting Above Their Average
- Staniforth's Flag Day
- The War Years
- Reserving Judgement
- Cuban Deals
- What a Goal, What a Celebration!
- Villains of the Peace
- What a Start!
- A Footballing Pioneer
- They Think it's all Over
- Blades in the Premiership
- Songs to Sing
- County Champions
- Hitting the Doubles
- Unlucky Numbers
- United! United! United! United! United! United! United!
- Season's Best
- Goalscoring Feats
- Dunne's Dozen
- Top of the Charts
- Derek Sets the Pace
- Long Service
- Homesick Blues
- Shotgun Debuts
- Making a Spectacle of the Opposition
- Goalkeepers are Different
- Minor Honours
- Cheeky Goals
- A Lovely Sum
- Marathon Running
- Models of Consistency
- Tied in Knots
- The Colour of Money
- Questions in the House (of Commons)
- On a Common Theme
- Free and Easy Money
- Pound for Pound, a Decent Player
- By Invitation Only
- Birmingham Silver
- Blades Flying High
- UPS . . .
- . . . And Downs
- Tevezgate
- Warnock's Play-Off Trouble
- An Away Day Every Week
- You Win Some, you Lose Many More
- The Hottest of Hotseats
- Playing Against the Odds
- Ties to Another Country
- Anglo-Italian Relations
- Brief Careers
- In a Different League
- A Star in Each Division
- Sunday Trading
- Lights, Camera and Plenty of Action
- Back to Square One
- Stuffing in the Fixtures
- Pointing Away from Bramall Lane
- Outside Football
- Fancy a Double?
- Scoring for Both Sides
- Tragedy at the Lane
- Putting Their Shirts on the Blades
- You Scratch our Back . . .
- Englishmen Brought from Foreign Fields
- Kabba's Unique Hat-Trick
- Oldest . . .
- . . . And Youngest
- Friend or Foe?
- Long and Distinguished Service
- When David Slayed Goliath
- Banking on Barclay
- Jock's Away
- Offside Rule Benefits Blades
- Drawing Conclusions
- Sequences of Events
- A Disastrous Debut
- Fuelling Ambition
- Are the Kids Alright?
- The Houdini Club
- Associate Membership
- A Mountain of a Man
- Birth of the Ball Boy
- Tiny Men, Great Keepers
- Winning on Points
- Quick-Fire Blades
- Natural Ball-Players
- Courting Success
- Boxing Clever
- Trading the Pitch for Blows
- Subbing Marks
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Career Development Programme
- Unbeatable
- Tour of Duty
- Family Affairs
- Harry's Inauspicious Start
- No Shaving Until Wembley
- Home Sweet Home
- Field Dressing - Blades in the Fa Cup
- The Khaki Cup
- Few Stars of Tomorrow
- Hat-Tricks
- National Leadership
- An Ever-Present on the Teamsheet
- One-Up Club
- Season's Best Scorers
- More Clubs Than Tiger Woods?
- Champions of England
- Champions of Britain
- From Top to Bottom
- Thinking on the Spot
- Shoot-Out Setbacks
- A Good Day for the Keeper
- Null and Void
- Warnock's Rifts with Refs
- A First Millennium
- Pictures of the Blades
- One-Time Blades
- Quick Off the Mark
- A Lot of Good Work for Charity
- Familiarity Breeds Content
- The Hardman's Hardman
- Friends Across the Seas
- Island-Hopping
- Give it Some Heat
- The Battle of Bramall Lane
- Another Quartet Off
- Quickly Into the Book
- No Neighbourly Love
- Gone in Zero Seconds
- The Coca-Cola Kid
- A Double Century
- With a Little Help from the Ref
- Ballooned Under the Bar
- Dual Nationality
- Home Internationals
- Blades Greats not Good Enough for England
- From Foreign Fields
- Famous Names, Famous Places
- World Cup Blades
- It Could Have Been Bramall Lane Rather than the Nou Camp
- Loan Stars
- Played in the Usa
- Three Times a Charm
- One of the League's Best
- An End of Season Party
- League Cup Loyalty
- Goalscoring Goalkeepers
- Taking a Turn Between the Posts
- High-Scoring Friendlies
- United Against the World
- League Hopes in Ashes
- Going Green
- Let There be Light
- Bad Light Stopped Play
- Hockey Grounded
- A Lucky Break
- Keeper Turned to Drink
- Moonlighting
- Going With the Flo
- Season by Season
- Unbeaten from the Start of the Season
- After the Ball
- Buying an Advantage
- In the Deep Mid-Winter
- Capturing an Old Master
- Clubs Agree Six-Figure Sums
- Climbing the League Ladder
- Seeing Double
- And Finally, did you Know?
