The Official Brentford Big Book of Griffin Park

The Official Brentford Big Book of Griffin Park PDF Author: David Lane
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ISBN: 9781906796754
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Languages : en
Pages : 400

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The Official Brentford Big Book of Griffin Park

The Official Brentford Big Book of Griffin Park PDF Author: David Lane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906796754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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A Pub on Each Corner

A Pub on Each Corner PDF Author: Jonathan Burchill
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ISBN: 9781914066139
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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100 Years of Griffin Park

100 Years of Griffin Park PDF Author: Mark Chapman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954163020
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The Official Brentford Quiz Book

The Official Brentford Quiz Book PDF Author: Chris Cowlin
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792708
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Are you an avid Brentford supporter? Do you know everything there is to know about the Bees? Well, now you can test your knowledge with the 800 questions in this, The Official Brentford Quiz Book. Packed with interesting facts covering all aspects of the club's long history, from players and their opponents to memorable managers and matches this book is a must have for Brentford fans of all ages. With a fitting foreword by Peter Gilham this quiz book is as educational as it is entertaining and is guaranteed to provide an insight to the characters and events that have helped to shape this west London Club. This is a fascinating treasure trove that will delight anyone with a keen interest in Brentford or in football in general.

Brentford F.C.

Brentford F.C. PDF Author:
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ISBN: 9780951332160
Category : Soccer teams
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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When Saturday Comes

When Saturday Comes PDF Author: When Saturday Comes
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141927038
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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The best chants, the funniest nicknames, the greatest headlines and enough little-known facts to keep the average football supporter entertained - and entertaining - for several seasons. This is the story of the greatest game on earth, from 'abandoned matches' to 'Yeovil Town', via celebrity fans, mascots, punditry and superstitions, written from the fan's point of view and with a separate entry for every club in the English and Scottish leagues. Who cares why, if Torquay United's strikers had been more prolific in the 1950s, England may never have won the World Cup; or where football hooliganism actually began; or who the hell Captain Henry Blythe Thornhill Wakelam is? We do. Because as every true student of the game knows: it's important.

Geordie Armstrong: On the Wing

Geordie Armstrong: On the Wing PDF Author: Dave Seager
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1906796548
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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George 'Geordie' Armstrong served Arsenal for 27 years as both a player and a coach, before being cruelly taken from his family and his club whilst coaching the Arsenal reserves at London Colney - he collapsed suddenly on the training pitch having suffered a brain haemorrhage in October 2000 - and never recovered. At the request of Geordie's daughter, Jill, Dave Seager has worked towards capturing the essence of George Armstrong: the player, the coach and the man. He has not chosen the conventional biography route, instead he tells the story of Geordie Armstrong with the assistance of those who knew him best - and the end product reads like a veritable who's who of Arsenal Football Club from the past 50 years. Seager successfully paints a remarkable picture - reliving stories and recollections of those who loved him; those who were fortunate to call him their friend; those who played alongside him; those who watched him play week in week out and those who were coached by him. There are also dozens of never before published action shots and pictures from George's own personal photographic collection to enjoy. The interview roll-call includes: Bob Wilson, Frank McLintock, Charlie George, Eddie Kelly, John Radford, George Graham, Liam Brady, George Cohen, Arsene Wenger, Dennis Bergkamp, Lee Dixon, David Dein, Gary Lewin, Vic Akers, Stewart Houston, Pat Rice, Martin Keown, Kevin Campbell, Frank Stapleton, Steve Burtenshaw, Ken Friar, Steve Sidwell, Perry Groves, Peter Simpson, Brendan Batson, Bob McNab and many more -

Smart Money

Smart Money PDF Author: Alex Duff
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1408719398
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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In 1978, when Alex Duff first went to watch Brentford, players would go on midweek pub crawls near the Griffin Park stadium. Sometimes, in no fit state to go home, they would crash out in a terraced home where one of them lived opposite the stadium gates. The next morning, they clambered into a white van which one of them would drive to training, stopping on the way for a bacon sandwich and cup of tea at a greasy spoon café. Brentford had once played in the top-flight but now, idling in the third division, were a second home for players and supporters, but there was neither the ambition nor money to revive their best days. They bumbled along until in 2005, fed up with trying to make a profit from a club with an ageing stadium in an unfashionable west London suburb, owner Ron Noades agreed to hand over the business to supporters on the condition they take over responsibility for their £5.5 million overdraft. One of the fans, an Oxford University physics graduate called Matthew Benham, was making millions of pounds from professional gambling and threw in a £500,000 lifeline to help keep the club afloat. Initially, as a sort of academic challenge, he began figuring out if he could employ the mathematics which he used in beating the bookmakers to improve the club's performance on the pitch. Smart Money is the story of how a scientist with an inquiring mind was set loose in a backwater of professional football, and how he turned a modest, little-known team into a competitor in one of the world's most-watched sports leagues.

Hard Times

Hard Times PDF Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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The Nowhere Men

The Nowhere Men PDF Author: Michael Calvin
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448149967
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Winner of The Times British Sports Book Award 2014. A fascinating insight into the enclosed world of football scouts in the UK A teenaged boy plays football in a suburban park. His name is Raheem Sterling. The call is made: “Get down here quick. This is something special”. Another boy is 8, going on 28. His name is Jack Wilshere. The referee, an Arsenal scout, spirits him away from Luton Town. A young goalkeeper struggles on loan at Cheltenham Town in League Two. His name is Jack Butland. Within months he will be playing for England. Welcome to football’s hidden tribe. Scouts are everywhere yet nowhere, faceless and nameless, despite making the informed decisions worth millions. Award-winning sportswriter Michael Calvin opens up their hidden world, examining their disconnected lifestyles, petty betrayals and unconsidered professionalism of men who spend long, lonely hours on the road.