50 People Who Fouled Up Football Michael Henderson,
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1849011524
Edition: Hardcover; 2009-10-01
Summary:
Despite its immense wealth, and the high public profile it enjoys,
English football is not a land of milk and honey. The national side
has won the World Cup only once when England staged the tournament in
1966 and the woeful performances in recent years would suggest that
Sir Alf Ramsey's success will retain its unique status. "Fifty People
Who Fouled Up Football" casts a sceptical eye on the game in this
country. It looks at the game as it really is, through the gaze of an
outsider, who grew up loving the game but who has been turned off by
the excesses of players, managers, broadcasters and fans, and
increasingly by the rich men who own and run the clubs. The big bang
came in 1992, when the Premier League went its own merry way, aided
by the millions that Sky television found to ease the passage. Now
the game is richer, and can attract the world's leading stars, but it
is poorer in spirit. The old football community means little to these
Masters of the Universe. The old links between club and community
have been ruined, and many players live in a different world, where
they feel free to behave as they like. The book names the guilty, who
include those on the fringes of the game as well as the ones at the
heart of it. Indignant in the right sense, it is a lament for a
spoilt game, and a world that has vanished. The 50 People are: Alan
Green; Alan Hansen; Alan Hardaker - FA administrator; Alan Sugar; Alf
Ramsey; Ashley Cole;.Bill Shankley; Bob Shennan; Charles
Hughes;Cristiano Ronaldo; David Baddiel; David and Victoria Beckham;
Denis Wise; Derek Hatton; Don Revie; Garry Cook; George Best; George
Graham; Golden Generation; Gordon Taylor; Graham Poll; Graham
Taylor;; Harold Thompson; Hooligans; Hunter Davies; Ian Wright; Joey
Barton; John Hall/Freddie Shepherd; Jonathan Barnett & Mel Stein;
Jose Mourinho; Ken Bates; Lord Kinnaird; Nick Love; Paul Gascoigne;
Paul Ince; Peter Kenyon; Peter Ridsdale; Peter Swales; Piers Morgan;
Pini Zahavi; Richard Keys; Richard Scudamore; Robinho; Roman
Abramovich; Sam Allardyce; Sepp Blatter; Steve McLaren; Terry
Venables; and, Tony Banks.
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