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Tongue, Steve

 
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Synopsis

Turf Wars: The West Midlands explores the rich and fiercely contested history of football in the region where the Football League was conceived, revealing the rivalries, personalities and power struggles that helped shape the modern game.

In the third volume of the acclaimed Turf Wars series, journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue traces more than a century of football across the West Midlands. From Aston Villa and Birmingham City to Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, the region's great clubs forged rivalries that remain among the most passionate in English football. Alongside them are the stories of clubs large and small, from the Potteries to the Black Country and beyond.

  • Charts the development of football in the region where the Football League was founded and administered
  • Explores the origins and evolution

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À propos de l'auteur

Journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue watched his first Midlands match at Highfield Road, Coventry, in 1957 and has followed the game avidly ever since. He was the founder of FOUL magazine, the first football fanzine, and as the football correspondent of Independent Radio News and The Independent on Sunday among others, he covered nine World Cups and nine European Championships, plus two Olympic Games.

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