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My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes (Hardcover)

by Gary Imlach (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press; illustrated edition edition (21 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0224072676
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224072670
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.2 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Brian Glanville, The Times
A remarkable book... Imlach is a gifted writer, pungently aware, admirably combative, knowledgeable and compassionate

Richard Williams, Guardian
One of the best sports books of recent years... a book to treasure.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What A Refreshing Read!, 10 Dec 2005
By Coincidence Vs Fate (Warwickshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This book is absolutely superb! I bought it for my father who constantly drones on about how great football was in the 50's and how "down to earth" all the players were. I always replied with a "yeah, right!" until he encouraged me to read this after him.

Gary Imlach really knows how to write. The style is easy and flowing and I almost felt I knew his father. It seems my Dad was right and football was a more honest and respectful sport back then.

My own father has often told me tales of taking the bus up to Highfield Road (we're Coventry City fans!) in the 50's. He said that players would take the same bus! It's a concept I can't quite get my head around! I cannot imagine standing next to one of the many talented Coventry City players on a bus! No sarcasm, please!

Seriously, a great insight of a time when football was innocent and written with great affection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars my father and other working class heroes, 12 Jan 2006
It is normal for me to stay well away from books about footballers but the cover drew me in. Gary Imlachs very personnal account of the career of his father is a must read for any fan of football, however let me at this point infirm you that there is danger that you will feel a rise in the temper because as Imalch points out slavery was alive and kicking in the fifties and sixties, clubs could sell players while they slept with no consultation. Here is a powerful story of one of our greats who was man of the watch for the 1959 cup final and yet 6 years later was found playing for Dover in the southern league, here was a man who played for Scotland in the world cup but was not given a cap. I urge you all read this and pass it on.
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4.0 out of 5 stars My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes, 29 Mar 2006
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Fully deserves Sports book of the year.
Interesting contrast between fotballers right up to the 60s on a maximum wage and todays multi millionaires.
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