What If?
Turning Points in the History of Sunderland AFC
Will be published approx. on 18. September 2023
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-80150-187-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sunderland AFC's official historian Rob Mason brings us a fascinating alternative history of the club as he ponders what could have been.
How would Sunderland have fared if they had appointed Brian Clough, who was turned down as manager? What might have happened if Jock Stein, who visited managerless Sunderland hoping for an opportunity before taking over at Celtic, had been given a chance? What if Bobby Robson hadn't changed his mind after agreeing to leave Ipswich?
Diego Maradona, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kevin Keegan, Jackie Milburn and Ruud van Nistelrooy would make some forward line. All of them were potential signings. Imagine that quintet in red and white stripes!
What if Coventry City had kicked off on time against Bristol City in 1977 instead of delaying their kick-off and being able to relegate a youthful Sunderland side that had come back from the dead?
These and many other key moments are discussed by Mason as he considers what could have happened had these turning points taken a different direction.
How would Sunderland have fared if they had appointed Brian Clough, who was turned down as manager? What might have happened if Jock Stein, who visited managerless Sunderland hoping for an opportunity before taking over at Celtic, had been given a chance? What if Bobby Robson hadn't changed his mind after agreeing to leave Ipswich?
Diego Maradona, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kevin Keegan, Jackie Milburn and Ruud van Nistelrooy would make some forward line. All of them were potential signings. Imagine that quintet in red and white stripes!
What if Coventry City had kicked off on time against Bristol City in 1977 instead of delaying their kick-off and being able to relegate a youthful Sunderland side that had come back from the dead?
These and many other key moments are discussed by Mason as he considers what could have happened had these turning points taken a different direction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80150-187-3 (9781801501873)
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09/2023
Pitch Publishing Ltd
€11.99
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Person
Rob Mason is Sunderland AFC's official club historian. He has written 50 books on the club, edited their official publications for more than 30 years and won multiple awards, including many Programme of the Year accolades, as well as being Editor of the Year. He first watched Sunderland in 1967, is an honorary member of the club's former players' association and has been featured on broadcasts around the world talking about the Black Cats.