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Winning Isn't Everything: Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey (Paperback)
by Dave Bowler (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (7 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752827332
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752827339
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 447,885 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Synopsis
First published in 1998, Bowler investigates the eccentricities of Ramsey, the rigid disciplinarian, and reassesses the contribution of England's most successful national manager in the light of the game's development since the sixties. The book also features interviews with England's 1966 and 1970 World Cup Squads.

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Beautifully illustrated, with rare archive material, the book will be a pastiche of a 1950s football annual. Aimed at the Christmas gift/nostalgia market (for the older, more discerning fan). Having written critically acclaimed biographies of Bill Shankly, Danny Blanchflower, Alf Ramsey and a recent history of the England team, Dave Bowler's contacts in the world of football veterans are second to none: features interviews with Bobby Robson, Don Howe, Malcolm Allison and Walter Winterbottom among others. There have been best-selling accounts of the lives of contemporary journeymen footballers (Gary Nelson, Steve Claridge, Tony Cascarino) - this will be the first from another era.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fitting Tribute to A Largely Forgotten National Hero, 11 April 2004
This does everything which you would want from a great biography. Those who have read Dave Bowler's "Three Lions on the Shirt " will not be surprised when I say that this book does far more than give a fair and honest depiction of Sir Alf Ramsey, man and manager. What you get is a vivid picture of the game of football in England from the 30s right through until the 70s. Bowler does not stint on the detail as regards the matches, especially in the chapters dealing with the 66 world cup. However he does far more than this. Rather you get a picture of the whole man, what it was that drove Sir Alf to become the great manager that he undoubtedly was. What emerges from this is a real man, who was a far cry from the unsmiling, humourless caricature we have been fed in the past by less careful or sensitive writers.
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