England's Last Glory; The Boys of '66
Gerry Cranham (lower front DJ photograph) London, England: Pavilion Books Limited, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 201 pages. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To Herb, with very best wishes, and thanks for your company and informed comments during an historic Harkness (sp?) event in 1988. David. The book contains a Foreword by Helmut Schoen, an Introduction, an Appendix--Full Results and Teams, and Index. Acknowledgments. Chapters include Was Walter Unlucky?; The Coming of Ramsey; A National Club; England Stutter: Brazil Speechless; South American Sulks; Wingless Wonders; "Everything You Want"; Jilted Idol; Winning the Cup Twice; and Sundown. Also contains an Appendix, with World Cup Final Competition 1966, Full Results and Teams, and an Index. This copy comes from the collection of Herbert W. Wind. Herbert Warren Wind (August 11, 1916 – May 30, 2005) was an American sportswriter. Wind began writing for The New Yorker in 1941, covered golf and sometimes other sports for that weekly magazine from 1947 until 1953, and again from 1960 until his retirement in 1990. From 1954 to 1960, he covered golf and sometimes other sports for Sports Illustrated magazine. Although associated with golf, Wind wrote articles on a wide range of sports including tennis, basketball, and football. In 1958, Wind coined the phrase 'Amen Corner' to describe the second shot at the 11th, all of the 12th, and the tee shot at the 13th hole at the Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters Tournament. Wind was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2008 in the Lifetime Achievement category. Small envelop addressed to Wind, and Wind collection slip laid in. The author played soccer for Cambridge University and Pegasus, and in 1956 was in the training squad for the British Olympic soccer team. On leaving Cambridge, he joined The Times and became soccer correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph when it began publication in 1961. In 1982 he returned to The Times as chief sports correspondent. He was the author of numerous books on Sports. 1966 was possibly the most significant date in British sporting history, when England staged the World Cup, and Alf Ramsey's team won it for the first time in front of ecstatic home crowds--and football fever gripped the nation. The story is enriched with personal reminiscences from the players themselves, and a wealth of archive photographs guaranteed to heighten the nostalgia for those heady summer days when Moore, Charlton, Hurst and Co. restored British footballing pride. In a wonderfully nostalgic book, David Miller recaptures the heady days of summer 1966 when England won the World Cup in front of their own euphoric fans. Forty years on, he evokes the eager anticipation with which Britain awaited the arrival of the world''s best footballers; how the England team and its tactics took shape in the run up to the competition; the new wingless formation and the widespread criticism from the press and the public. This general pessimism gave way to mass adulation as England vindicated the revolutionary tactics of manager Alf Ramsey. The book includes profiles of the England players and their manager and assesses the major competition from Europe and South America. Detailed is the progress of the team, their injuries, and controversies, through to the final against West Germany. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Sport, World Cup, Great Britain, Soccer, Football, George Cohen, Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles, Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves, Alf Ramsey, Bobby Charlton, Gerry Cranham
ISBN: 1851450130
[Book #81866]
Price: $250.00