ISBN10: 1901746437, ISBN13: 9781901746433, [publisher: Empire Publications Ltd, Manchester] Hardcover Hardcover. One of the most perceptive descriptions of Manchester City's play during their glory years was made by Manchester Evening News reporter Peter Gardner who said that "When Youngy plays, City play". For all the talk in the intervening years of greats such as Summerbee, Bell and Lee, it was the local lad made good who made most impact when it mattered. A tall, leggy striker with a venomous left-foot shot, Young scored in every significant game for City in the late 60s. Scorer of two goals in the 1968 Championship win up at Newcastle, the scorer of the 1969 FA Cup Final winner and the first goal in the 1970 Cup Winners' Cup final, Neil Young played as significant a role in the success and style of the Mercer-Allison partnership as anyone. Yet by 1972 he was allowed to leave the club as City began their now familiar relationship with underachievement and mismanagement. In 'Catch a Falling Star', Neil Young explains what he has been up to in the years since his sizzling shots stung the hands of the country's finest goalkeepers.Here he frankly discusses the problem that faced footballers of the pre-Premiership era: "When I left Rochdale for the last time one Friday afternoon I had a week's wages.about GBP60. I drove home and sat in my lounge for about two hours, wondering what the hell I was going to do. I had a car on ...
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ISBN10: 1901746437, ISBN13: 9781901746433, [publisher: Empire Publications Ltd] Hardcover 2004. UK ed. Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464. . . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2004]

Empire Publications Ltd 2004 Hard cover New 2004. UK ed. Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464......We ship daily from our Bookshop.