Hammer Blows
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Hammer Blows

An Alternate Take on Twelve Turbulent Years at West Ham

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eBook - ePub

Hammer Blows

An Alternate Take on Twelve Turbulent Years at West Ham

About this book

A look back on an era of unprecedented drama for West Ham United

The past dozen years have provided an unprecedented rollercoaster ride for West Ham United, both on and off the pitch. Since 2001, the Hammers have recruited six managers, had four different owners, played in three winner-takes-all playoff finals, enjoyed two promotions (having endured two relegations), and starred in an all-time classic FA Cup final. After the club endured the collapse of the chairman's banking empire and the Carlos Tevez saga, it was saved from financial ruination and now looks set for the Olympic Stadium. Kirk Blows has been there at every step, offering hard-hitting, opinionated analysis of events, campaigning and complaining on all the topical issues with an obligatory gallows humor. And now he pulls no punches looking back on the club's fight for elite status, plus heroes and villains including Di Canio, Tevez, Zola, and Allardyce; Gudmundsson, Gold, and Sullivan.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781909626119
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword By Julian Dicks
  7. Introduction: ‘Redknapp was always going to be a tough act to follow’
  8. Season 2001/02: ‘Yeah, we’ll take that, thanks very much’
  9. Season 2002/03: ‘We won’t take this any more’
  10. Season 2003/04: ‘At best a soap opera, at worst a total farce’
  11. Season 2004/05: ‘Failure could condemn club to years of mediocrity’
  12. Season 2005/06: ‘An explosion of tears, cheers and a few beers’
  13. Season 2006/07: ‘Issues must have distracted the manager’s focus’
  14. Season 2007/08: ‘West Ham have a boos problem’
  15. Season 2008/09: ‘Seen your shares crash in value?’
  16. Season 2009/10: ‘Zola’s position has become untenable’
  17. Season 2010/11: ‘Grant appears to be deluding himself’
  18. Season 2011/12: ‘Go for Tevez and Torres ... get Vaz Te and Maynard’
  19. Season 2012/13: ‘One minute it’s food poisoning, the next it’s sour grapes’
  20. The Summer Of 2013: ‘Carroll signing a huge statement of intent’
  21. Photographs