By James Pearce, Oliver Kay, Simon Hughes and Other Award-Winning Writers of The Athletic.As Liverpool ended their 30-year wait to be crowned champions of England, they were followed by their equivalent from the world of sports writing: a team of elite talents, assembled to leave all competition trailing in their wake. This is the story of Liverpool's title win in the longest season, as told by the writers of The Athletic, with their blend of inside access and expert analysis; great ideas and beautiful writing.Articles include profiles of each of Liverpool's title winners by their former youth team coaches; Oliver Kay watches Sadio Mane score against Manchester City in the company of the striker's family, in his hometown in Senegal; James Pearce spends 90 minutes analyzing Virgil van Dijk; plus there are exclusive interviews with Jurgen Klopp, and the club's US owners.Read the stories behind a unique and historical season from a team of writers every bit as good as the footballers they were following.
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Cricket's Greatest Rivalry
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A gripping, distinctive history of the iconic, 137-year-old cricketing rivalry between England and Australia.
Men in White Suits
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
In Men in White Suits, Simon Hughes meets some of the most colourful characters to have played for Liverpool Football Club during the 1990s.
On the Brink
- 330pages
- 12 heures de lecture
In the winter of 2016 Simon Hughes began a journey through English football's most successful region, meeting the players, the managers, the chairmen and owners that shape the mood of a changing time. From the Premier League to grassroots, in On the Brink, Hughes examines how the landscape of the game across the north west is shifting: how geography explains the way things are; how industry defines identity; how money threatens existence -- and what Brexit might mean for the future.
_______________ "If there's one thing I can guarantee in your first year, it's that you will experience every emotion possible. Fear should never be the first... always start with excitement!" Those words were the best piece of advice I was given as I stepped into my first teaching role and I wrote this book to show you the same. While teaching is a rollercoaster, the rewarding career you are about to embark on will be filled with fun, challenge, success, satisfaction and much more. _______________ Each chapter in this funny book explores an element of the school year that any new primary teacher could encounter during their first year in the classroom. From assemblies to trips, observations to Ofsted, and Christmas performances to performance reviews, each topic is bursting with anecdotes (with all of the funny bits left in) and provides tips and techniques to help you navigate the Early Career Framework. This book is here to be a companion and a guide as you approach your first teaching role and to support you both professionally and personally.
Ring of Fire
- 432pages
- 16 heures de lecture
Following the success of Simon Hughes' Red Machine and Men in White Suits, books which depicted Liverpool FC's domination during the 1980s and its subsequent fall in the 1990s, Ring of Fire focuses on the 2000s and the primary characters who propelled Liverpool to the forefront of European football once again. With a foreword by Steven Gerrard, this is the third edition in a bestselling series based on revealing interviews with former players, coaches and managers. For Liverpool FC, entry into the 21st century began with modernisation and trophies under manager G rard Houllier and development was then underpinned by improbable Champions League glory under Rafael Ben tez. Yet that is only half of the story. The decade ended with the club being on the verge of administration after the shambolic reign of American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. In Ring of Fire, Hughes' interviewees - including Jamie Carragher, Xabi Alonso and Michael Owen - take you through Melwood's training ground gates and into the inner sanctum, the Liverpool dressing room. Each person delivers fascinating insights into the minds of the players, coaches and boardroom members as they talk frankly about exhilarating highs and excruciating lows, from winning cups in Cardiff and Istanbul to the political infighting that undermined a succession of managerial reigns. Ring of Fire tells the real stories: those never told before by the key players who lived through it all.
Jargonbusting : the analyst's guide to test cricket
- 160pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Simon Hughes looks at the latest in test match, one-day international and county cricket, including frame-by-frame pictorial acconts of batting and bowling techniques, past golden moments from English Cricket Board archives, interviews with today's top cricketers and a look at some innovations in the viewing of the game like the snickometer and the Red Zone.
A revealing insight what it takes to become the perfect batsman, and how anyone can improve their own technique, helped by TV's The Analyst
A social and cultural history of Liverpool through its most tumultuous era.