Fifty Years of Hurt - The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing

Not just a history of England's failings, but a blueprint for action to right those wrongs. A "Sunday Times" bestseller, Winter discusses the fans, agents, officials, players and managers.

About the author

Henry Winter is the Chief Football Writer of The Times and a five-time winner at the Sports Journalists' Association awards.

He loves the England national team with a passion that borders on masoschism and has covered every one of their games from Wembley to Beijing, Chicago to Rio over the past twenty-two years, as well as seven World Cups. Along with Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson, he also has the third English vote for the Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player.

Summary

Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup trophy at Wembley to arguably the nadir of the national game - defeat by Iceland at Euro 2016 and the most botched managerial appointment in FA history. In this book, the author addresses the state England are in as they celebrate, or rather not, the golden anniversary of their greatest moment.

Foreword

The nation's top football writer with an agenda-changing book on where England football went wrong after winning the World Cup in 1966, and how to put it right.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Winter, Winter Henry
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781784161729
• ISBN: 978-1-78416-172-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 196 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; England, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Sports & outdoor recreation, Social and cultural history, Association football (Soccer)