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And Gazza Misses the Final by Rob Smyth
Category: Sport
Classic World Cup clashes brought to life and re-evaluated by two of the writers of the popular Guardian minute-by-minute football blog. Watching each match in real time and reacting to the twists and turns of the action, Murray and Smyth bring you the real stories of the matches as they happened, not t ...Show more
Benaud in Wisden by Rob Smyth
Category: Sport
Richie Benaud, who died this year aged 84, was "perhaps the most influential cricketer and cricket personality since the Second World War" according to Gideon Haigh, the world's best cricket historian. He excelled as a batsman, legspin bowler, revolutionary captain - and most of all as a commentator in ...Show more
Danish Dynamite: The Story of Football's Greatest Cult Team by Rob Smyth
Category: Sport
The Denmark side of the 1980s was one of the last truly iconic international football teams. Although they did not win a trophy, they claimed something much more important and enduring: glory, and in industrial quantities. They were a bewitching fusion of futuristic attacking football, effortless Scandi ...Show more
Danish Dynamite: The Story of Football's Greatest Cult Team by Rob Smyth
Category: Sport
The Denmark side of the 1980s was one of the last truly iconic international football teams. Although they did not win a trophy, they claimed something much more important and enduring: glory, and in industrial quantities. They were a bewitching fusion of futuristic attacking football, effortless Scandi ...Show more
Gentlemen and Sledgers: A History of the Ashes in 100 Quotations by Rob Smyth
Category: Sports and Hobbies
This book covers the major moments and matches in Ashes history, charting the ebb and flow of Anglo-Australian cricketing fortunes. Told through 50 memorable Ashes confrontations, from Grace vs. Spofforth, to Larwood vs. Bradman, Warne vs. Gatting, and Botham vs. Lillee, right up to Mitchell Johnson's s ...Show more
Gentlemen and Sledgers: A History of the Ashes in 100 Quotations by Rob Smyth
Category: Sports and Hobbies
From the celebrated mock obituary following England's first-ever defeat by Australia on home soil in 1882, to the on-pitch insults (or 'sledges') of today, Ashes cricket has spawned nearly as many memorable quotes as it has balls bowled and runs scored. GENTLEMEN AND SLEDGERScharts the ebb and flow of A ...Show more
I'll See You Out There - Arsenal, Manchester United and the Premier League's Greatest Rivalry by Rob Smyth
Category: Sports and Hobbies
The rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United in the late 1990s and early 2000s was the greatest in English football history. It is the only time two teams have completely dominated the league for a decade. It was a mixture of the epic and the pathetic, with glorious football, hateful confrontations ...Show more
Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Have Played Football by Rob Smyth
Category: Sports and Hobbies
1980s Rio de Janeiro. There's only one king in this city and he's got the mullet, swagger and fake ID to prove it. Introducing Carlos Henrique Raposo, known to all as KAISER. This guy's got more front than Copacabana beach. He's the most loveable of rogues with the most common of dreams: to become a pro ...Show more
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