- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Highdown; First Edition edition (8 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905156014
- ISBN-13: 978-1905156016
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 593,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Daily Mirror, September 3, 2005
"FLASH, FASH & BASH. Don and dust-ups with craziest gang in football history that would still shock today."
FourFourTwo magazine, September, 2005
" ... suit-burning, booze-laden, street-brawling antics ... A worthy study of an unforgettable era."
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As an adoptive South Londoner since the mid 1970s, I followed Wimbledon's progress with incredulity; I started by doubting the realism of the "Dons for Div 4" campaign, and less than 30 years later friends were enthusing about AFC Wimbledon as the true heirs of the Crazy Gang. The saga is perhaps best summarised, ironically, by the title of an earlier book about Crystal Palace, "There and back again". Or, as they would say north of the Gap, "clogs to clogs" (not a happy metaphor, in view of the Dons' combative playing).
This book offers an enthralling and entertaining romp through the Crazy Gang's crazy story, both on and off the pitch. I have no idea how much is original research, but Allen has made the best possible use of his sources. He convincingly argues that, after the advent of the Premiership, such a rags to riches story could never happen again. (The book was published in 2005, while the foreign takeovers of Premiership clubs were still gathering momentum, but Wimbledon was clearly a flaky pilot for this.)
The undoubted stars of the story, apart from their maverick players, are the larger-than-life Sam Hammam and his faithful trio of managers - Bassett, Gould and Kinnear. Allen paints an evocative picture of the club spirit, devoting a whole chapter to the weekend of the 1988 Cup Final.
Each year the market is flooded with more and more sports books written about safe, popular subjects, and it is refreshing to find a book such as this which - like its subject - isn't afraid to bloody a few noses.
This book offers an enthralling and entertaining romp through the Crazy Gang's crazy story, both on and off the pitch. I have no idea how much is original research, but Allen has made the best possible use of his sources. He convincingly argues that, after the advent of the Premiership, such a rags to riches story could never happen again. (The book was published in 2005, while the foreign takeovers of Premiership clubs were still gathering momentum, but Wimbledon was clearly a flaky pilot for this.)
The undoubted stars of the story, apart from their maverick players, are the larger-than-life Sam Hammam and his faithful trio of managers - Bassett, Gould and Kinnear. Allen paints an evocative picture of the club spirit, devoting a whole chapter to the weekend of the 1988 Cup Final.
Each year the market is flooded with more and more sports books written about safe, popular subjects, and it is refreshing to find a book such as this which - like its subject - isn't afraid to bloody a few noses.
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