From Father to Son
eBook - ePub

From Father to Son

How Fate and Family Made Me a Watford Fan

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From Father to Son

How Fate and Family Made Me a Watford Fan

About this book

From Father to Son is Paul Bishop's semi-autobiographical account of his love of football, and most of all his local team Watford. It touches on the innocence of childhood and the influence of parents, family, friends, and in Paul's case Jimmy Hill, Johnny Haynes and many others. Part history, part travelogue, the book takes the reader on a nostalgic trip from the early 1960s, when football was a game and not a business. It explains why a five-minute segment in Kes makes it a better football film than Escape to Victory. It was an era when all English grounds were dominated by terraces, you could meet your mates and have a chat on the 'cinder curve' at Vicarage Road, as you marvelled at the skill of Ray Lugg and the heading ability of Barry Endean. The author also acknowledges the original 'boss' in his young eyes... Watford's legendary manager Ken Furphy, who went from Workington to New York Cosmos, via Watford, and ended up coaching both Pele and Johan Cruyff.

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eBook ISBN
9781785319051
Edition
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword by Luther Blissett
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Jimmy, Johnny and George
  9. 2. Johnny Haynes
  10. 3. The Early Days
  11. 4. Cuffley Camp, 1966 and All That
  12. 5. Big School and Mr College
  13. 6. Football on Film and TV
  14. 7. Back Playing Again
  15. 8. Into Europe
  16. 9. Sounds Like Elton
  17. 10. Behind the Scenes
  18. 11. On the Road
  19. 12. Six Players
  20. 13. Six Games
  21. 14. Harry’s Turn
  22. Photos