Reading Between The Lines: A Season of Dreams - Couverture souple

Roach, Stuart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906308004 ISBN 13 : 9781906308001

Editeur : Monday Books, 2007

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Independent on Sunday (August 5) -Book of the Week: This account of Reading's first season in the Premiership after rising without trace from the League's bargain basement deserves a wider audience than it will probably get, given the tribal nature of football fans. Stuart Roach, a journalist and lifelong fan, was granted access all areas, and all personnel, and the format he devised - a match-by-match march through the season, with a commentary on each game by a different player, club official, fan, even the captain's wife - works very well. When Reading play Manchester United, their American winger Bobby Convey says: "It's like playing Fifa 06 on the PlayStation." Their chairman, John Madejski, stressing his own local roots, observes: "Premiership football clubs are becoming the fashion accessory of the super-rich." Taken together, these accounts shine a light into every corner of the club in a way that more conventional histories rarely achieve. Engrossing stuff, whoever you support. --Independent on Sunday, Simon Redfern

Présentation de l'éditeur

When Reading won promotion to the Premiership in 2006, most critics expected them to go straight back down. But the Royals proved the critics wrong in thrilling style, finishing just outside the European placings in an amazing, triumphant 2007 season. Reading Between the Lines is the gripping inside story of how they did it, by the people who made it happen. BBC journalist Stuart Roach was granted full acess to the club's players and staff, from their first game in the top flight to the final whistle nine astonishing months later.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Monday Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906308004
• ISBN 13: 9781906308001
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible