Match of My Life - Derby County
Published on 20. December 2007
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-905449-68-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Match Of My Life - Derby County" celebrates the greatest games in the Rams' illustrious history through the eyes of the players who starred in them, as fourteen Derby greats tell the unmissable stories of the best matches of their lives, with each player revealing bundles of behind the scenes anecdotes. The list of Rams legends who feature in the book includes Roy McFarland, Ted McMinn, Mart Poom, Marco Gabbiadini, Paul Peschisolido, Colin Todd, Steve Powell, Roger Davies, Reg Harrison, Charlie George, Kevin Hector, Jim Bullions, Steve Cross and Robin van der Laan. Between them they have selected some of the most important and memorable matches from Derby's history, including the fabulous 5-3 win over Spurs in the FA Cup, the 1946 FA Cup triumph, and Robin van der Laan's goal against Crystal Palace which saw the Rams promoted in 1996. Plus Roy McFarland recalls the greatest moment of his career - winning the League Championship and Roger Davies remembers his fabulous five goal performance against Luton. "Match of My Life - Derby County" drips with magical memories and is a superb piece of memorabilia for every Rams fan of any age.
Reviews / Votes
The Match of My Life series provides a captivating collection of first-person accounts by former footballers of their careers and in particular the most memorable match they played in. There are archive pictures and statistics on each player before the players entertain us with anecdotes and memories of classic matches. The Derby County edition, edited by Nick Johnson, includes recollections from fourteen club legends such as Dave Mackay, Darren Moore, Marco Gabbiadini, Kevin Wilson. Steve Powell and Phil Gee. With a foreword by Roy McFarland this is another worthwhile read from the Know The Score stable - Nathan Davies, The Association of Football Statisticians.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Worthing
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-905449-68-2 (9781905449682)
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Persons
Nick Johnson is a freelance sports writer and broadcaster. He covers football for Sky Sports, reporting regularly on Sky Sports News and the popular Soccer Saturday show. He also writes for various newspapers and magazines and acts as a correspondent for international news agency Reuters. This is his fourth book. Previous work includes Match Of My Life - Sheffield United and the highly acclaimed Setting The Record Straight with Peter Swan. Phil Matthews works for Ram FM as their Derby County reporter. He has covered Rams games for over a decade and lives in the Derby area.