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Sir Bobby Robson died on the morning of 31 July 2009. Revered in Newcastle and the North East, he was a man who enjoyed phenomenal popularity, and touched so many people with his sincerity and passion for the game of football. From his playing days with Fulham and West Brom in the 1950s and 60s, to his twenty England caps and his brilliant management career, Bobby Robson inspired generations of fans. However, Bobby's story is not just about these great achievements. In this book he provided a fascinating insight into his childhood and early adult years growing up in the North East, and his working life before football in the mines of Langley Park, where he went underground for a year and a h...
Sir Bobby Robson died on the morning of 31 July 2009. Revered in Newcastle and the North East, he was a man who enjoyed phenomenal popularity, and touched so many people with his sincerity and passion for the game of football. From his playing days with Fulham and West Brom in the 1950s and 60s, to his twenty England caps and his brilliant management career, Bobby Robson inspired generations of fans. However, Bobby's story is not just about these great achievements. In this book he provided a fascinating insight into his childhood and early adult years growing up in the North East, and his working life before football in the mines of Langley Park, where he went underground for a year and a h...
Author Bob Harris was Robsons friend, confidante and ghostwriter throughout his managerial career, travelling the world with him and provided with an insiders view to his incredible life and times. One of the best known reporters of his generation, Harris accumulated hundreds of hours of recordings with Robson in the process of ghostwriting six books published under Robsons name as well as reporting on hundreds of games for club and country. Now, a decade after Robsons death, Harris has sat down to write about their friendship, utilising this incredible body of material and his own memories of the great man. Part memoir, part biography, this is an extraordinary and fondly recalled portrait of one of footballs most loved and iconic individuals. About the author After a six-decade long career in sports journalism, Bob Harris is one of Britain's best known sportswriters. He has reported on 10 Olympic Games and travelled the world chronicling the fortunes of the England national team - who he covered winning the 1966 World Cup - and the country's leading club teams.
An illustrated celebration of the life and times of Sir Bobby Robson, one of the most successful managers ever. Involved in football for almost sixty years (he joined Fulham in 1950) as a player at First Division and international level (21 caps) and as a coach and international coach (1982-90), he is much loved and respected throughout the world of football. As well as the triumphs, capturing the FA Cup and UEFA Cup with Ipswich, two exhilarating World Cup campaigns with England and winning three cups and the respect of the fans at Barcelona, he has had his share of drama and despair. He was sacked from his first management position at Fulham and again later on in his career from both Sporting Lisbon and Newcastle United. Bob Harris, a close acquaintance of Sir Bobby's, tells the football manager's own story, which is peppered with stories and anecdotes from many of the most famous names in football.
"The first fully authorised, illustrated tribute to one of Britain's great football personalities. Now available in a new mini paperback format."
Silver Linings examines an historic and unforgettable period in the history of England's national football team. In his eight years as England boss, Bobby Robson was celebrated, derided, Diego-ed, and everything in between. His team missed one European Championship, self-destructed at another, were cheated out of Mexico 86, and then, just before he left, came within two kicks of a World Cup final. On this journey he had managed the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly. But through it all he maintained his belief not only in himself and his team, but in the notion of England. Faced with an unprecedented level of media hostility, Robson's team were inconsistent and frustrating, but at their best few could match them. Alf Ramsey may have won football's greatest prize in 1966 but no other England manager could equal the sheer drama of Robson's eight years in charge. Set against the backdrop of a vicious newspaper circulation war and the rise of hooliganism, this is the story of how Robson managed to deliver the seemingly impossible: hope.
Sir Bobby Robson is the Toon's favourite son. Universally loved and respected, his popularity embraces the town as much as Newcastle United, a football club he managed with great distinction. His book is an inspiring portrait in words and pictures of a large vibrant city in the north east, proud of it's history, it's architecture, it's culture and it's great football club.Bobby Robson's association with Newcastle goes back to his early childhood and in this beautifully illustrated book he comments with passion about the local people and places that have meant so much to him throughout his life - from Jackie Milburn via Bryan Robson to Kevin Keegan, from the early coal mining culture and music halls to the radical architecture of modern Tyneside.
Welcome to this series of Short Talking Books. This volume focuses on Sir Bobby ‘Robson’s Ipswich’ during a single landmark season. It highlights Sir Bobby’s early years as a player, right up to him joining Ipswich as manager. The book includes short profiles of the team and others who played a part in their biggest success. The book is written in a conversational question and answer format. ‘The Talking Manager’s’ series is designed as a ‘on the go’ travel book. The print size offers an easier read for small devices like mobile phones. RE-EDITED 2021 PLEASE DOWNLOAD NEW VERSION OF BOOK
Taking you through Ipswich Town FC's exploits in European competition and the fans' journeys to see them play. From Alf Ramsey's Champions playing in the European Cup, through the Bobby Robson era and the UEFA Cup triumph in Amsterdam, to the George Burley Premiership team, and the 'bonus' season in Europe ending under Joe Royle. The inside story of how the trips were organized as planes, boats and a train were chartered, and the memories of traveling fans, club officials and sports commentators. Every European game is summarized, and most are illustrated, while Coach Bobby Ferguson gives his appraisal of Town's tactics and the leading players of the glorious 1980-81 team.
NEWCASTLE - MY KIND OF TOON is a beautifully illustrated book that conjures up the magic felt by Sir Bobby Robson all his life for his beloved town and for Newcastle United Foodball Club.