Unthinkable!
Raith Rovers' Improbable Journey from the Bottom to the Top of Scottish Football
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Unthinkable!
Raith Rovers' Improbable Journey from the Bottom to the Top of Scottish Football
About this book
From managerless crisis club to qualifying for Europe, the behind-the-scenes stories of the underdogs who defied the odds to win their first national trophy
At the start of 1986 Raith Rovers were a club in crisis. Languishing near the bottom of Scottish soccer, they were managerless and playing before crowds of just a few hundred. Yet less than a decade on the club would defy the odds to win their first ever national trophy, the Scottish League Cup, defeating Glasgow giants Celtic and qualifying for Europe in one of Scottish soccer's most dramatic cup finals. Unthinkable tells the inside story of that remarkable journey and thrilling final from the perspective of the management and players of the Kirkcaldy club. Drawing on illuminating interviews with all the main characters, it reveals exactly what the players were thinking each step of the way and what drove them on to achieve their unparalleled success. The true story of underdogs battling against the odds to take their place in the history of the Scottish game.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword by Val McDermid
- Acknowledgements
- 1. This Is The One
- 2. Getting Nowhere Fast
- 3. Our Frank
- 4. Going Up
- 5. I Know It’s Over
- 6. Here Comes Yer Man
- 7. Such Great Heights
- 8. Backwards Walk
- 9. Smells Like Team Spirit
- 10. Memories Can’t Wait
- 11. Expectations
- 12. The Youngest Was The Most Loved
- 13. Ambitious Outsiders
- 14. Every Day Is Like Sunday
- 15. Roll Up Your Sleeves
- 16. True Faith
- 17. Just A Touch Away
- 18. Ecstasy
- 19. What A Day That Was
- Epilogue: Dreams Never End
- League Tables 1985–1995
- Memorable Matches
- Bibliography
- Photographs