For Club and Country

Welsh Football Greats

Editor(s) Peter Stead,Huw Richards

Language: English

Genre(s): Welsh Interest

  • October 2000 · 240 pages ·234x156mm

  • · Hardback - 9780708316245

About The Book

A team of distinguished authors highlight and evoke the genius of Welsh football stars and place them in the context of the changing pattern of the game in Britain and internationally.

Endorsements

"A timely reminder of the marvellous roles Welsh heroes have played in the history of football; and of how prominently football stands in the country of their birth. A book to stir the blood." -Ken Jones, sports journalist, "Independent"

--Ken Jones "Independent "

Contents

Billy Meredith - John Harding; Leigh Roose - Geraint H. Jenkins; Fred Keenor - Martyn Johnes; Jack Fowler - Huw Bowen; Ivor Allchurch - Huw Richards; Trevor Ford - Peter Stead; John Charles - Rob Hughes; the Welsh at Arsenal - Kenneth O. Morgan; Cliff Terry and the Spurs double - Peter Stead; Mike England - Aled Eirug; Terry Yorath - Barrie Morgan; John Toschak - Huw Richards; Ian Rush - John Williams; Mark Hughes - Rob Humphreys; Neville Southall - Rob Steen; Ryan Giggs - David Eastwood; the future - Huw Richards.

About the Editor(s)

Author(s): Peter Stead

Peter Stead is a writer, broadcaster, and professor at the University of South Wales.

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Author(s): Huw Richards

Huw Richards is the rugby correspondent of the Financial Times.

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