![]() ![]() Its story veers from founders obsessed by Harry Hotspur to Harry Kane via Harry Redknapp through matches, personalities, ground developments and threatened closure, all with first-hand accounts. It provided unforgettable memories in unforgettable atmospheres - heart-lifting, heart-breaking, nerve-racking. The Lane gave a stage to a conveyor belt of legends from Cameron to Alli via Nicholson, Blanchflower, Greaves, Hoddle and Klinsmann. A Victorian structure turned wraparound 21st-century all-seater, it became a theatre of dreams for supporters all attracted by teams which played the 'Spurs way' to achieve glory. Glory, Glory Lane is the life-affirming history - including a momentous last season - of a world-famous football stadium, home to Tottenham Hotspur for 118 years. This book covers all the bases of the typical footballer's life: love, violence, gambling, horrific injury, banter (it's mostly banter) and, apparently, pigeons.Äownload Glory Glory Lane Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle And there's the Ipswich hero who took on Sylvester Stallone in an arm-wrestling contest - possibly inspiring Stallone's half-forgotten epic Over The Top. ![]() There's the Arsenal star who confronted some innocent fans with a samurai sword. There's the Liverpool legend who set a team-mate's wife's hair on fire. ![]() There's the chairman who owned a ventriloquist's dummy called Algernon. Together, they have pored through the works of genuine legends, cult heroes and players they can only dimly recall from their 1983 Panini sticker albums to find stories and facts that will delight, shock and confuse - sometimes all at once. Second Yellow: More Adventures of our Footballing Heroes brings you more funny, fascinating and downright baffling tales gleaned by authors John Smith and Dan Trelfer from their unflagging research of over 240 footballer autobiographies. Download Second Yellow Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle ![]()
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