Going to the Wire
eBook - ePub

Going to the Wire

English Football's Finest Final Day Acts of Escapology

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eBook - ePub

Going to the Wire

English Football's Finest Final Day Acts of Escapology

About this book

Going to the Wire looks at a dozen teams, from the 1970s to the present day, whose survival came down to the season's final day. It captures the drama and the passion that comes when not only league survival, but jobs and even a club's very existence can be on the line. 

It's all here, as Tom Brogan looks at the drama of late, late goals, on those days when fans can spend more time with ears pressed to radios, or eyes glued to mobile phones, all for news from another ground! The passion, the shredded nerves, bitten fingernails, the absurdities of blatant time-wasting, fake news of 'goals' elsewhere and ultimately teams coming back from the dead. 

Relegation is all part of the game, but one that no fan wants their team to get dragged into, but great escapes can make heroes of the unlikeliest of players. Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Middlesbrough, Burnley, Derby County and Coventry City are just a few of the clubs whose final-day escapes make the cut in Going to the Wire , as Brogan reveals just how close some clubs got to falling through the relegation trap door and what it took to avoid it.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781801508179

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1. Alfie Sat on the Ball: Tottenham Hotspur 1975
  7. 2. You Could Smell the Booze on Their Breaths: Coventry City 1985
  8. 3. The Edge of Hysteria: Burnley 1987
  9. 4. It Was Like a Goal Out of a Comic: Middlesbrough 1990
  10. 5. Yard Dogs: Oldham Athletic 1993
  11. 6. Oh My God! What Have You Just Done?: Everton 1998
  12. 7. It Was Like The Matrix: Shrewsbury Town 2000
  13. 8. Joy and Bedlam: Bradford 2000
  14. 9. Survival Sunday: West Bromwich Albion 2005
  15. 10. Is This Unsporting Conduct?: Barnsley 2013
  16. 11. The Miracle at the Macron: Birmingham City 2014
  17. 12. This Is the Biggest Kick of His Career: Derby County 2021
  18. Bibliography