When George Came to Edinburgh: George Best at Hibs - Couverture souple

Munro, John Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184158889X ISBN 13 : 9781841588896

Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Played 24, won 10, lost 10 and drawn four. Three goals, three benders, one suspension and one sacking. This is the inside story of what happened when the world's most famous footballer joined the tenth best team in Scotland.

In the winter of 1979 Hibs were enduring a season from hell and were freefalling towards relegation. They needed a miracle man to save them - what they got was a lonely, depressed man caught in a downwards alcoholic spiral. In just under a year in Edinburgh, George Best was never off the front and back pages of the national newspapers. A scrupulous, moving, extraordinary account, John Neil Munro weaves together an absorbing and unique portrait of a lost icon, with insights from his widow, his team-mates, his drinking buddies and many of the fans who saw his great performances; this is the definitive story of what happened when George Best came to Edinburgh.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Neil Munro was born in Campbeltown and raised in Stornoway. He studied modern and economic history at Glasgow University then completed a postgraduate journalism course in Cardiff during the late 1980s. His previous publications include The Sensational Alex Harvey, Some People are Crazy and When George Came to Edinburgh.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Birlinn Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184158889X
• ISBN 13: 9781841588896
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible