Sandy
The Biography of Sandy Jardine
Published on 31. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84502-991-3 (ISBN)
Description
William Pullar Sandy Jardine is an Ibrox icon. Respected and revered throughout the football world and beyond, he will forever be a club legend.
Sandy was the consummate professional. His silky skills, speed and ability to read the game were combined with a sense of fair play that made him truly world class. He was soon an integral part of the Rangers team and became a club legend when the Barcelona Bears won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1972. He also played in two dramatic World Cups and won 39 caps for Scotland. Later, Edinburgh-born Sandy fulfilled another personal dream when he signed for Hearts and his impact at Tynecastle was immense.
Then, in 2012, the financial meltdown at Rangers brought Sandy back into the limelight. In those troubled times, nobody did more than Sandy Jardine to galvanise the club and its supporters, and he famously led 8,000 fans to Hampden to protest against sanctions imposed by the SFA. But in late 2012, Sandy announced that he was battling cancer, a fight he would bravely lose in April 2014.
SANDY The Authorised Biography of Sandy Jardine is the definitive story of one of football s true legends and a fitting tribute to a man who was loved and respected by family, friends and football fans wherever he went.
Sandy was the consummate professional. His silky skills, speed and ability to read the game were combined with a sense of fair play that made him truly world class. He was soon an integral part of the Rangers team and became a club legend when the Barcelona Bears won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1972. He also played in two dramatic World Cups and won 39 caps for Scotland. Later, Edinburgh-born Sandy fulfilled another personal dream when he signed for Hearts and his impact at Tynecastle was immense.
Then, in 2012, the financial meltdown at Rangers brought Sandy back into the limelight. In those troubled times, nobody did more than Sandy Jardine to galvanise the club and its supporters, and he famously led 8,000 fans to Hampden to protest against sanctions imposed by the SFA. But in late 2012, Sandy announced that he was battling cancer, a fight he would bravely lose in April 2014.
SANDY The Authorised Biography of Sandy Jardine is the definitive story of one of football s true legends and a fitting tribute to a man who was loved and respected by family, friends and football fans wherever he went.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bonnier Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84502-991-3 (9781845029913)
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10/2016
Black & White Publishing
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Person
Tom Miller is a vastly experienced broadcaster and has covered Scottish football for TV, radio and print for more than 25 years. Tom is the voice of Rangers on the official club television channel as match commentator and can often be heard on both local and national radio. Tom is the author of the biography of Scottish footballing icon Jim Baxter Slim Jim - Simply the best and SANDY, the authorised biography Sandy Jardine, another Rangers legend. Tom also presents The Blues Brothers Podcast on YouTube with Rangers legends Ian Durrant and Derek Ferguson, which regularly gets more than 15,000 views.