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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE
‘The greatest story in English sport told beautifully by one of its greatest writers’ Gary Lineker
'A spellbinding piece of work' Oliver Holt; 'Absolute tour de force' Henry Winter

Award-winning writer Paul Hayward delivers a compelling and unmissable account of the story of the England men's football team, published as they prepare for the World Cup in Qatar. 

On 30 November 1872, England took on Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow, a match that is regarded as the first international fixture. More than 5,000 fans watched the two sides play out a 0-0 draw. It was the first of more than a thousand games played by the side, and the beginning of a national love affair that unites the country in a way that few other events can match.

In Hayward's brilliant new biography of the team, based on interviews with doze

England Football The Biography

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 5/23/2024
      ISBN-13 9781471184376
      978-1471184376
      ISBN-10 1471184374
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      Sport Association football (Soccer)

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE
      ‘The greatest story in English sport told beautifully by one of its greatest writers’       Gary Lineker
      'A spellbinding piece of work' Oliver Holt; 'Absolute tour de force' Henry Winter

      Award-winning writer Paul Hayward delivers a compelling and unmissable account of the story of the England men's football team, published as they prepare for the World Cup in Qatar. 

      On 30 November 1872, England took on Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow, a match that is regarded as the first international fixture. More than 5,000 fans watched the two sides play out a 0-0 draw. It was the first of more than a thousand games played by the side, and the beginning of a national love affair that unites the country in a way that few other events can match.

      In Hayward's brilliant new biography of the team, based on interviews with doze

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