In Search of Alan Gilzean: Lost Legacy of a Dundee and Spurs Legend - Brossura

Morgan, James

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ISBN 10: 095649711X ISBN 13: 9780956497116

Casa editrice: Backpage Pr, 2019

Riassunto

After fans on Tottenham Hotspur online forums claim that Alan Gilzean, the former Tottenham Hotspur, Dundee, and Scotland striker, is living as a down-and-out, James Morgan, a lifelong Spurs fan and sports journalist sets out on a journey to uncover the truth behind the legend of his late father’s soccer hero. Morgan’s portrait of the original King of White Hart Lane restores him to his rightful place in soccer folklore and stands as the only faithful testimony to the life of a bona fide British soccer legend.

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Recensione:

"In Search of Alan Gilzean is as enigmatic as the subject and James Morgan, whose father I may have bumped into while worshipping the early Gillie at Dens Park, should take that as the highest compliment. An absolutely enchanting book. A cracking read." --Patrick Barclay, The Times

"Morgan too is modest. He is something of a philosopher. At one point he notes that in satisfying our hunger for truth, we stifle our imagination. But his book is a quest, a search for truth that never offends the imagination but stimulates it ... Gilzean was evasive, but Morgan was assiduous as he tracked down his old team-mates in the Dundee title-winning team, spoke to people who d known him as a boy, and talked with journalists and some of Gilzean's Spurs contemporaries ... Morgan writes with such unaffected honesty ... So many football books are laddish, flashy and in your face; this one is gracious and subtle, and in many ways its modest tone reflects its subject. Gilzean was a sublime player, but a quiet man." --Harry Reid, The Herald

"The memory of Gilzean has been re-awoken. Morgan is rightly aghast that there is no plaque honouring Gilzean, or a street named after him in Coupar Angus. He likens it to his own hometown, Belfast, failing to mention that George Best happened to be a native. But Best, unlike Gilzean, is no longer with us" --Alan Pattullo, The Scotsman


"This is a singular, unusual and well-written book; highly recommended to Spurs and Dundee lovers and haters alike. --When Saturday Comes

Morgan too is modest. He is something of a philosopher. At one point he notes that in satisfying our hunger for truth, we stifle our imagination. But his book is a quest, a search for truth that never offends the imagination but stimulates it ... Gilzean was evasive, but Morgan was assiduous as he tracked down his old team-mates in the Dundee title-winning team, spoke to people who d known him as a boy, and talked with journalists and some of Gilzean's Spurs contemporaries ... Morgan writes with such unaffected honesty ... So many football books are laddish, flashy and in your face; this one is gracious and subtle, and in many ways its modest tone reflects its subject. Gilzean was a sublime player, but a quiet man. --Harry Reid, The Herald

The memory of Gilzean has been re-awoken. Morgan is rightly aghast that there is no plaque honouring Gilzean, or a street named after him in Coupar Angus. He likens it to his own hometown, Belfast, failing to mention that George Best happened to be a native. But Best, unlike Gilzean, is no longer with us --Alan Patullo, The Scotsman

L'autore:

James Morgan grew up on stories of the great Spurs double-winning team of the 1960s and has been a Tottenham Hotspur supporter since waking one Christmas morning to discover a hair shirt of an Admiral kit waiting for him on the living room settee. He is still waiting for Spurs to repeat the feats that his late father, Jim, was so enamored by. He is a sports journalist with the Herald, in Glasgow.

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• Editore: Backpage Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 095649711X
• ISBN 13: 9780956497116
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 410