Twinned With Reykjavik
eBook - ePub

Twinned With Reykjavik

Stoke City FC: The Icelandic Years 1999-2006

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eBook - ePub

Twinned With Reykjavik

Stoke City FC: The Icelandic Years 1999-2006

About this book

The period leading up to 1999 had been grim for Stoke City fans - relegation, stagnation, embarrassment and board conflicts were commonplace at the club. As the new millennium approached, fans demanded change, but no one could have predicted what would come next. An Icelandic consortium, brought together by Guðjón Þórðarson, set sail for the Potteries with the promise of exciting foreign imports and Premier League football. What followed was a mixture of flashy arrivals, cup successes, broken curses, flop signings and plenty of fallouts, with extraordinary on-field moments along the way. Cult heroes and villains were made as Stoke became a living soap opera for seven remarkable years. Twinned with Reykjavik lifts the lid on that rollercoaster ride with the views of the people who experienced the wild journey. Integral players and fans look back on the key moments that defined the era as the book ponders that vital question: was the Icelandic takeover actually a success for Stoke City?

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781785319457
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Denis Smith
  6. Preface
  7. 1. The Pre-Icelandic Icelanders
  8. 2. Winter Is Coming
  9. 3. The Icelandic Saga Begins
  10. 4. Que SerĂĄ SerĂĄ
  11. 5. A Clash of Styles
  12. 6. DaĂ°ason and the other ThĂłrdarson
  13. 7. Giant-Killings and Killing Giants
  14. 8. DĂ©jĂ  Vu
  15. 9. Kavanagh, Thorne and Sam Hammam
  16. 10. Hit for Six
  17. 11. The Legend of Oularé’s Arse
  18. 12. A Broken Curse
  19. 13. Goodbye GuĂ°jĂłn
  20. 14. A New Hope
  21. 15. Cotterill Quits
  22. 16. ‘You Don’t Know What You’re Doing’
  23. 17. Hit for Six (Again)
  24. 18. Power Ade
  25. 19. All Change at Stoke
  26. 20. The Binary Season
  27. 21. Sale on in Iceland
  28. 22. One Night in Coventry
  29. 23. Bangoura Goes Bye-Bye
  30. 24. Going Dutch
  31. 25. The End of the Icelanders
  32. 26. The Icelandic Era – Retrospective
  33. The Icelanders: What Happened Next?
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. Bibliography
  36. About the Author
  37. Photos