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Hammers Through the Looking Glass: An Alternative History of West Ham United (Desert Island Football Histories)
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Product Description
Some things in our lives are decided on the whim of a moment.
One such moment on Saturday July 30th July 1966 saw a Russian linesman make
a decision that would change the shape of English football forever. Geoff
Hurst's powerful effort had bounced off the underside of the bar, but
despite evidence that is still in doubt to this day, it was adjudged a
goal. HAMMERS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is the story of what might have
happened had that decision gone the other way. Would England still have
won? Could the Germans have recovered to win? This book offers a dramatic
account of how lives and football in England might have changed from that
moment on.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1065670 in Books
- Published on: 2006-11-02
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Author Martin Godleman has been a sports journalist for the past
15 years, working in the football media since 1991. His critically
acclaimed first book OUR DAYS ARE FEW, released in
November 2004, charted West Ham's fortunes throughout the 2003-04 season,
their first under Alan Pardew.
Customer Reviews
switch off your mind, relax, and float downstream
when you are staring at relegation, i.e. right now, this book could be the perfect antidote to days of misery and early cup exits.
the author presents some parallel universe where west ham occasionally might win something, where lennon seems to become an OAP and where gorgeous girls encourage gauche boys to lose their virginity: billy bonds, beatles and bonking - if only life were really like that, as woody allen probably said.
