Trading Secrets

Squash Greats Recall Their Greatest Duels

Malcolm Willstrop, Rod Gilmour

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785310843
• Year: 2015

From Pakistani great Azam Khan and the extraordinary story of how he came to Britain, Trading Secrets follows the emergence of Geoff Hunt and Jonah Barrington, two players who took fitness and sporting rivalry to a new level in the 1960s and 1970s. Their rivalry ignited the back pages of newspapers across the globe. Trading Secrets also lifts the lid on the stars' secrets in a sport that is slowly rediscovering its lustre after several decades in the wilderness. Reflecting this popular resurgence, the book looks at the battles of Peter Nicol, Britain's first world champion, and Canadian magician Jonathon Power, before the likes of Nick Matthew and Ramy Ashour recall the matches which have transcended them into modern greats of the game. Their duels have been brought to life with archived reports from squash's correspondents of the time.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword By Malcolm Willstrop
• Introduction
• Broken Rackets And Dirty Tricks
• Small Town Girl
• The First Of Squash’s Grudge Rivalries
• Beating A Khan And The Cramps At Bromley
• The Start Of Sport’s Unrivalled, Unbeaten Record
• The Man Who Ended Khan’s Run
• A Burning Desire To Beat The Khans
• Boxing Clever On Court
• I Handed Over My Bandana And Said, ‘That’s Me Done’
• Annihilation, Magic And Power
• ‘Coping With World Number One Was Horrendous’
• Doing The Double In Doha
• From Meltdowns To Melbourne Glory
• The Cairo Comeback
• Why Being At The Top Is The Best Place To Be
• A Double Marathon At Docklands
• From Hospital Bed To Glasgow Gold
• Ramy’s Resurrection
• Index
• Photographs