Goodbye To Boleyn

Goodbye To Boleyn
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Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Total Pages : 183
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ISBN-10 : 9781785901980
ISBN-13 : 1785901982
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Goodbye To Boleyn by : Pete May

"Essex scribe and literary Hammer Pete May writes with humour and eloquence about the most turbulent year of change at the Boleyn since Ken's Café got a tub of Flora." Phill Jupitus West Ham's final season at the Boleyn Ground was always going to be memorable. It featured a new manager in Slaven Bilic, the arrival of a French magician called Dimitri Payet and away wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City - not to mention an unexpected tilt at the top four and an epic last game at the Boleyn against Man United. But a new beginning is around the corner and, as he and his fellow Hammers prepare to swap the gritty East End streets of E13 for the shiny shopping centres of Stratford, lifelong supporter Pete May reflects on the special place the Boleyn Ground has occupied in the hearts of generations of Irons fans. Whether it's the infamous chants of the Bobby Moore Stand, the pre-match fry-ups at Ken's Café or the joys of sticky carpets, rubbish ale and blokes singing on pool tables in the pubs around Upton Park, Pete's memories are sure to resonate with legions of the claret-and-blue army as they say farewell to the Boleyn and enter a new era at the London Stadium.

The Best Liverpool Football Chants Ever

The Best Liverpool Football Chants Ever
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 125
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ISBN-10 : 9781411667204
ISBN-13 : 1411667204
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Best Liverpool Football Chants Ever by : E. Locken

The best Liverpool football chants ever, also the rudest. Don't ever give the opposition fans a break. Includes classic chants, individual players songs, anti-Everton, Man U, Arsenal and Chelsea chants. Anti-referee chants for when the ref cocks it up.

Reluctant Redfellows

Reluctant Redfellows
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9781499087291
ISBN-13 : 1499087292
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Reluctant Redfellows by : John Oram

Who Wants It?

Who Wants It?
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781780574998
ISBN-13 : 1780574991
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Who Wants It? by : Chris Henderson

Chris Henderson formed the Chelsea Headhunters – who later earned a reputation as the most dangerous fans in Britain - as well as the band Combat 84 who, with their punk attitude and uncut, Orwellian lyrics, represented the antithesis of middle-class England. After the jailing of Stephen 'Hickey' Hickmott, Henderson organised a gang of Chelsea fans who travelled to matches by luxury coach with the aim of causing havoc and destruction. They were finally arrested and their subsequent trial was meant to be the crowning glory of Thatcher's campaign to vanquish hooliganism. Instead, the dramatic collapse of the case sounded the death knell for all the undercover police operations and mass indiscriminate arrests that had been ordered by the authorities to squash the activities of Henderson and others. The 'Ministry' continued to pursue Henderson and prior to the 2002 World Cup, he and Hickmott were named as the two leaders planning hooligan and criminal acts for the tournament in South Korea and Japan, which culminated in Henderson being arrested and refused entry to Japan for the England v. Argentina match. Told in Henderson's exact words, this is the dramatic story of an era of music and football, when how you looked counted as much as how you performed. With its depiction of events surrounding South Korea/Japan 2002, Who Wants It? also shows how the scourge of hooliganism continues to blight the beautiful game today.

Bridges

Bridges
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9781784423858
ISBN-13 : 1784423858
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Bridges by : Richard Hayman

From the monumental splendour of Tower Bridge and the august span at Westminster to the engineering masterpieces at Ironbridge and the Forth, bridges comprise some of the most recognisable landmarks in Britain. Whether the smallest arch or the largest overpass, each has a rich architectural, economic, social and sometimes even religious history. This beautifully illustrated introduction by Richard Hayman explains how piety built and maintained bridges in the Middle Ages; how economic forces inspired a new generation of road bridges in the eighteenth century, such as the Menai Bridge in North Wales, and how technological prowess gave us soaring Victorian railway viaducts and the concrete road bridges of the twentieth century.