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The Way It Was
Stanley Matthews
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Description for The Way It Was
Paperback. Sir Stanley Matthews was the most famous and revered England football player of all time - a living legend Num Pages: 640 pages, 8pp colour photos, 24pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 51. Weight in Grams: 402. 8vo Clean copy
Stanley Matthews was the most popular footballer of his era, the man who epitomised a generation of legendary players: Tom Finney, Nat Lofthouse, Billy Wright and many more. He was the first footballer ever to be knighted, the first European Footballer of the Year (at 41), and he played in the top division until he was 50 - and he will be forever remembered for his performance in the Matthews FA Cup final of 1953, when he inspired Blackpool to victory over Bolton. THE WAY IT WAS is a the fascinating memoir of a great footballer and the remarkable story of an extraordinary life, written in the last months of his life.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Publication date
2001
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747264279
SKU
KEX0263063
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews was born in 1915 and began his career at Stoke City. He made his England debut in 1934 and went on to win 54 caps by 1957. He retired from the game in 1965, when he was knighted, then travelling the world as a football ambassador. He died in Newcastle-under-Lyme in February 2000.
Reviews for The Way It Was
'...both a fascinating personal story and an evocation of a sporting world that has gone forever.' W Magazine There is a heartfelt, elegiac quality [to] THE WAY IT WAS ... It is only a pity he is not here to see it published
Chris Maume, Independent
`A first summary of the life, on and off the pitch of England's greatest player' Express The book is an appropriate and nearly always engrossing chronicle of an illustrious career, and good to have
Ian Hamilton, Sunday Telegraph
'his engrossing autobiography' Times 'impossible to imagine any of today's football stars ever producing a memoir half so interesting' Mail on Sunday Especially rewarding, though, are Stan's descriptions of his technical perfectionism
Brian Glanville, Sunday Times
A fascinating and amusing insight into the inner workings of football during its golden era
Saul David, Daily Telegraph
THE WAY IT WAS is a ticket to a different era, when the game wasn't saturated with money and men like Sir Stanley upheld sporting ideals
Mike Pattenden, Times
Brings vividly to life some of the greatest games of the time and features his perceptive analysis of the characters who illuminated the age
Independent
The story of one of the greatest footballers of all time ... is told in great detail and with an unexpected sense of humour. It is his vivid memory that makes THE WAY IT WAS such a good read
FourFourTwo
A gracefully crafted autobiography filled with entertaining anecdotes reflecting an age when the game was uncorrupted by greed and hooliganism
Birmingham Post
Chris Maume, Independent
`A first summary of the life, on and off the pitch of England's greatest player' Express The book is an appropriate and nearly always engrossing chronicle of an illustrious career, and good to have
Ian Hamilton, Sunday Telegraph
'his engrossing autobiography' Times 'impossible to imagine any of today's football stars ever producing a memoir half so interesting' Mail on Sunday Especially rewarding, though, are Stan's descriptions of his technical perfectionism
Brian Glanville, Sunday Times
A fascinating and amusing insight into the inner workings of football during its golden era
Saul David, Daily Telegraph
THE WAY IT WAS is a ticket to a different era, when the game wasn't saturated with money and men like Sir Stanley upheld sporting ideals
Mike Pattenden, Times
Brings vividly to life some of the greatest games of the time and features his perceptive analysis of the characters who illuminated the age
Independent
The story of one of the greatest footballers of all time ... is told in great detail and with an unexpected sense of humour. It is his vivid memory that makes THE WAY IT WAS such a good read
FourFourTwo
A gracefully crafted autobiography filled with entertaining anecdotes reflecting an age when the game was uncorrupted by greed and hooliganism
Birmingham Post