Premier League

Name: Premier League | A History in Ten Matches
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A History in Ten Matches

Jim White(Autor*in)

Head of Zeus (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 26. September 2013

368 Seiten

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Intro
Welcome Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: It's football, Jim, but not as we know it
Match 1: If Fergie had his way they'd still be playing
Stirrings of revolution
Visions for the future
Sky-high profits
A whole new ball game
Desperately seeking a striker
An inspired signing
Faltering hopes
When Saturday came
Fergie v. Francis
Enter Captain Marvel
The gods smile
A brief history of Fergie Time
Contrasting fortunes
Match 2: If I want to kick a fan I do it
A disappointing debut
Stifling United's stars
Eric explodes
From football to martial arts
All publicity is good publicity
Dealing with the fallout
A Marmite player
The philosopher speaks
From rebel to role model
Life after le football
Match 3: We weren't singing Shearer songs
Man of steel
Courting King Kenny
Team-building exercise
Mercenaries or magicians?
Battle of the Glaswegians
Live and lucrative
Countdown to the championship
Two games of twists and turns
Flash in the pan
Decline and fall
Match 4: He went to Man United and he won the lot
Arsène d'Arsenal
Mutual antipathy
Boardroom battles
All change at Old Trafford
Eyes on the prizes
Super Sunday showdown
Are you watching, Arsenal?
Set to party like it's 1999
Match 5: We won the League at White Hart Lane
Boring, boring Arsenal?
Arsène's foreign legion
Strength in depth
Engaging with the old enemy
First strike to the Gunners
A game of two halves
The New Invincibles
End of a Golden Age
Match 6: Marching on together
Local hero?
Living the Ridsdale dream
Economically illiterate
Side on the slide
Dressing-room revolt
Leeds, loud and proud
The deadly embrace of Bates
Match 7: Taking the rest to the cleaners
Rise of the Roman empire
Reviving the glory days
This organization does not tolerate failure
Reign of the Special One
Lean, mean winning machine
Clash of cultures
Lampard in his pomp
Ending fifty years of hurt
Match 8: Top, top entertainment
Poor Old Pompey
Money men
Madness and mayhem
A hatful of goals
Spend, spend, spend
A mortgaged future
Skates on Skid Row
Stopping the rot?
Match 9: Fourth is the new first
Thai take-away
Regenerating Eastlands
Full of Middle Eastern promise
A cure for City-itis?
Blue Moon rising
Mancini on a mission
Spurred on to success
Match 10: Now it's Mancini time
Bread and circuses
The indefatigable Fergie
Challenge out of the Blue
The Tévez furore
United resurgent
Nail-biting finale
Agüerooooooooo!
Postscript: To be continued.
Premier League Stats and Facts
And Finally.
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Picture Credits
About this Book
About the Author
An Invitation from the Publisher
Copyright

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