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Arsenal: The Official Centenary History of Arsenal Football Club by Phil Soar, Martin Tyler (Hardcover, 1986)
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PublisherOctopus
ISBN-139780600358718
eBay Product ID (ePID)88746433
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Book TitleArsenal: the Official Centenary History of Arsenal Football Club
AuthorPhil Soar, Martin Tyler
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
GenreSports
Number of Pages256 Pages
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Item Height290mm
Item Width220mm
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Title_AuthorMartin Tyler, Phil Soar
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 29 Jun, 2020
Great Book
Bought it for my uncle to bring him back to the good old days. We will rise again. North London is RED.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Aug, 2023
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Very happy with itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Jun, 2016
I can't stand Arsenal but I love a good read !
And it is a good read. Though it was written before the Arsene Wenger era {it was written before the Bruce Rioch era !!} it is compelling. Tyler and Soar write with such obvious joy and knowledge and that makes for an irresistible combination. You know that their pleasure and opinions are backed up by history, good research and a confidence that they know what they are talking about. To be honest, I really only bought the book for the chapter "Arsenal's double" which I had originally read in 1988, not long after the book first came out. I'm a Liverpool supporter and I still recall that hot May day back in '71 when, living in Islington as one of only two non Arsenal supporters in existence {!}, Arsenal broke my heart that day ~ the only time I ever shed tears as a football supporter in 45 years { I was 8. It wasn't easy living in Arsenal country}. Though I was thrilled at Liverpool's double in '86, we had done 7 doubles {of sorts} and a treble by then {'83~84} and Manchester UTD's one in '94 wasn't as thrilling as Arsenal's in '70~71. In fact, every one of the league and FA cup doubles have been kind of 'meh' to me, from Preston in 1888 right through to Chelsea in 2010. But Arsenal's one is the stuff of legend and in this book, Soar and Tyler capture that story in all its dramatic glory, starting with how some of the players first appeared in the team in the Billy Wright era, how Bertie Mee rebuilt the side over 4 or 5 seasons, who he kept, who he ushered out or let go, how he gave youth a chance and ended up almost accidentally with a team that blended youth, experience, functionality, grit, a never say die attitude and the necessary flair in Charlie George and overcame mighty Leeds after a 7 point deficit in the days when it was only 2 points for a win as well as surviving away draws in every round of the FA cup and coming from behind in possibly the most nerve shredding FA cup semi final in living memory and repeating the act in the final. Their descriptions of some of the men, matches and moments are spellbinding and some of the photographs literally transport you back in time, wishing you had been there. But in today's saturation coverage of football on TV, online and in print, it's books like this that are the true carriers of the flame, that enable magical moments that one may not have been part of to live in the memory. Seeing some of the goals in videos that were described in such dramatic fashion by Soar and Tyler are almost inevitably an anti climax. The book contains much to please the football lover and even though there have been revisions and updates, there's something to be said for original versions of books and movies and this is a prime example.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
