From the 'team of the century' to relegation, from Feyenoord to Field Mill, from trophies under the iconic Bill Nicholson to relegation under former Zambia coach Keith Burkinshaw - all in a little over three years. The 1970s weren't kind to Spurs. Nicholson's exit, the loss of legendary players and the club's eventual relegation all took place during a defining decade for British sport, painted against a backdrop of dramatic change for society at large. Social and economic malaise both informed and fed off a blooming culture of football hooliganism. The defining images of the decade were violent ones, both on and off the terraces. This book explores Tottenham's place in that unfolding drama, the club's own Goetterdaemmerung. But, as in Wagner's Ring, there was also a renaissance. The sun rose again as that same maligned Burkinshaw built an exciting team around the young Glenn Hoddle and World Cup-winning duo Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. By the end of the decade, Tottenham had been reborn and were ready for more glory, glory days.
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"In Glory, Glory, Gone: The Story of Tottenham Hotspur's Regression, Relegation and Rebirth in the 1970s, Rooke bravely dives straight into one of Tottenham's most painful periods in its long history - painful not just because of the poor football and on-pitch results but because it shone an even brighter light on the era that had just passed, one which had established Spurs as one of the greatest clubs in England....a fascinating read. The real comfort in Glory, Glory, Gone is that despite a decade of frustration, happy times and glory did come again to Spurs, eventually. Something for all of us living in the future to remember." * Cartilage Free Captain *
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978-1-80150-522-2 (9781801505222)
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Samuel Rooke is an experienced journalist and historian. He has written for numerous publications including The Times and Sunday Times, the Guardian and the Telegraph while also working as a Tottenham Hotspur beat writer for a number of years. This is his first full-length book.
