Wolves Match Of My Life

Twelve Wolves legends tell the stories behind their favourite games from their Molineux careers. The selected games include the 1949 and 1960 FA Cup and the 1974 and 1980 League Cup Finals, the famous floodlit friendlies against Honved and Real Madrid and tussles with local rivals West Bromich Albion. Bill Slater and John Richards select their greatest matches in a Wolves shirt, while Steve Bull recalls his best performance, after a night on the tiles! Ron Flowers, Sammy Smyth and the late Norman Deeley also feature in a book with a foreword by Sir Jack Hayward. Wolves Match of My Life will delight fans of all ages as they relive magic moments through the eyes of the men who made them happen.Key features- Part of the popular and successful Match of My Life series which features a number of football clubs- Features twelve of Wolves' greatest names, reflecting on their most memorable match for the club- Also details those players' cherished memories from their time with the club, the players they played with and the managers they served- Includes contemporary and historic images from the legendary matches covered- Written by respected football writer Simon Lowe; a well-known Midlands-based football historian and author, with over 15 published books to his name

Sixteen Stoke legends tell the stories behind their favourite games. Terry Conroy relives the moment his header opened the scoring in City's 1972 League Cup Final. Mark Stein remembers another Wembley win in the 1992 Autoglass Trophy. Denis Smith recalls when Stoke took on the best in Europe and came so close to beating the mighty Ajax, while Peter Fox takes the unusual step of selecting a game in which he only played half an hour. Legends Dennis Herod, Tony Allen and Mark Chamberlain also relive their finest games in the famous red and white stripes. Stoke City Match of My Life will delight Potters fans as they relive these magic moments through the eyes of the men who made them happen.Key features- Part of the popular and successful Cult Heroes series which features a number of football clubs- Features sixteen of Stoke City's greatest names, reflecting on their most memorable match for the club- Also details those players' cherished memories from their time with the club, the players they played with and the managers they served- Includes contemporary and historic images from the legendary matches covered- Written by respected football writer Simon Lowe; a well-known Midlands-based football historian and author, with over 15 published books to his name

Sunderland AFC Match of My Life sees a dozen all-time greats re-live the game that stands out for them in their Sunderland careers. Jim Montgomery chooses the 1973 FA Cup final where he made the greatest save ever seen at Wembley while Niall Quinn also selects a great game from beneath the old twin towers, the sensational 1998 play-off final where Sunderland scored ten times and still somehow lost. With further contributions from Charlie Huntley, Len Ashurst, Gary Bennett, Kevin Ball and others from the club's past, Match of My Life is an evocative look back at some great games in Sunderland's history.Key features- Part of the popular and successful Match of My Life series which features a number of football clubs- Features twelve of Sunderland's greatest names, reflecting on their most memorable match for the club- Also details those players' cherished memories from their time with the club, the players they played with and the managers they served- Includes contemporary and historic images from the legendary matches covered- Written by Sunderland programme editor Rob Mason. He has written several books on the club, including Cult Heroes, Match of My Life, Greatest Games

Welcome to this series of Short Talking Books. This volume focuses on Wolves winning of the 1974 Football League Cup. The book includes short profiles of the team and others who played a part in their biggest success. It 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. Look for others in the series.

Gunners greats from David Seaman to Bob Wilson and Theo Walcott to Charlie George take us behind the dressing-room door, enabling fans of all ages to relive these amazing memories through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, pulling on the famous red-and-white shirts. Contained in these pages are previously untold stories from fan favourites including Ray Parlour on winning the Premier League title at Old Trafford and scoring the winner in the FA Cup Final in the space of just four days and what Arsene Wenger did to transform the club. Lee Dixon reveals how he and his team-mates toasted their remarkable last-gasp 1989 title win at Anfield by swigging Kenny Dalglish's champagne while George Graham offers a rare look back at his amazing Highbury career as both player and manager. Double winners Frank McLintock and George also relive the never-to-be-forgotten 1970/71 season and super-fan Piers Morgan offers a unique account of following Arsene Wenger's Invincibles.

Stretching from the foundation of the Football League across more than 120 years to the Premier League era, 100 of the club's most glorious, epochal, and thrilling games of alltime Expertly presented in evocative historical context and described incident by incident in atmospheric detail, this book offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in the club's four victorious FA Cup runs, the floodlit games that helped establish European competition and later League Cup wins. An irresistible cast list of club legends, including Billy Wright, John Richards, Jackery Jones, Derek Dougan, Steve Bull, and Ron Flowers, springs to life in a thrilling selection of hard-fought derby matches, European highs, and triumphant seasons in all four English league divisions. This journey through the highlights of Wolves history is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.

Provides single-game stories from three dozen of the most remembered Tiger games of the last eight decades, with observations by such greats as Jim Taylor, Billy Cannon, and Marcus Spears.