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On 30th May 1984 Joe Fagan made football history – he became the first English manager to win the Treble. After just one season as coach he had led Liverpool to victory in the League Cup, the League Championship and finally the European Cup, beating AS Roma on home soil after a gripping penalty...

Full of fans memoires from the past, Villa related poems, historical facts, a bit of trivia, some one-liners, a few original photographs and some excellent stories from a number of former Villa players and a few celebrities, this is an informative book that all Villa fans (and football fans in general),...

Arsenal Football Club's list of achievements bear comparison with the very best in world football. Multiple championships, FA Cup and League Cup wins as well as two European trophies have made the club recognised throughout the world and, under the astute management of Arsene Wenger, millions of fans...

For more than 100 years, Ibrox has been the home of Rangers Football Club. It has been the scene not only of some of this sporting institutions greatest triumphs, but also of two of the worst disasters in British football. Ibrox is an imposing ground that is rich in history and tradition, while boasting...

The story of United from a fan's perspective, covering Alex Ferguson's reignIn December 1989, United fanatic Pete Molyneux raised a banner calling for Alex Ferguson's head, sparking the biggest protest in Old Trafford's 100 years. For manager and supporter alike it was their darkest hour. Pete never...

When Arsene Wenger was appointed as manager by Arsenal Football Club in 1996, football fans everywhere gave a puzzled look and asked, 'who?' They were soon to find out just what kind of man had become a part of English football, as Wenger added to Arsenal's first Double win by leading them to another...

A sporting Hall of Fame is a rather American institution but Rangers became one of the first football clubs (if not the first one) in Britain to set up its own Hall of Fame to honour the greatest figures from its past. The clubs owner, Sir David Murray, established the Hall of Fame in 2000 as a way of...

From the all-conquering side of the 1930s to the Double-winning teams of 1971, 1998 and 2002, Arsenal Football Club have been one of the major forces in English football. Graham Weaver plots the club's progress from their first silverware in 1930 to the present day through the 14 most significant...

When Alex McLeish persuaded European legend Franck Sauzée to sign for Hibernian Football Club in February 1999, it was the club's biggest coup since the signing of George Best. Many people questioned the Gallic Great's motivations, afraid that he was merely coming to pick up his salary and quietly...

For more than 120 years, Rangers and Celtic have vied for supremacy in one of the world's sporting hotbeds. The rivalry between the two teams is among the fiercest anywhere in sport, making an Old Firm derby much more than a football game. Controversy is rarely far away when the Glasgow giants meet,...

Ian Rush is one of the greatest goal scorers of all time. This will be his full and long-awaited autobiography and as such its publication this autumn will be a key event in sports publishing. In it 'Rushie', one of Liverpool's most revered and long-standing players, reveals in depth the trials and...

Jack Crompton is one of only two surviving members of Manchester United's illustrious 1948 FA Cup winning side and the first to pen his autobiography. Jack served the club as goalkeeper, trainer and caretaker manager for almost 40 years between the 1940s and the 1980s. His career between the...

WHEN Manchester United's directors appointed Matt Busby manager in 1945 they made the most significant decision in the club's history. In his first six years in charge, United never finished lower than fourth in the top flight and won the FA Cup in 1948. In 1952 they secured their first League title...

Highbury - citadel for Arsenal Football Club for over 90 years and home to the memories of over 10,000 matches. In this informative book, Bruce Smith exhaustively chronicles the life and times of the Gunners' home ground in north London, from the site's humble beginnings as college playing fields...