The Last Champions
Leeds United and the Year that Football Changed Forever
$39.11
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2013
Summary
The triumph and tragedy of the Leeds team that won the First Division championship in 1992 - and a very different era in football history
When the Leeds United players celebrated winning the championship in April 1992, they had no idea how momentous the occasion was. Manchester United, losers at Liverpool that Sunday afternoon, had now gone 25 years without winning the league. Howard Wilkinson’s side, promoted just two seasons ago, could bring back the glory days to Leeds. But Wilkins…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857501011 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857501011 |
| Author: | Dave Simpson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 275g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 127mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Excellent book
In just three and a half seasons, following almost a decade in the wilderness, Wilkinson transformed a relegation-threatened second-level side into League winners. The sheer size of the achievement has finally been given the recognition it deserves in The Last Champions. To put it into context, imagine Southampton winning the Premier League title in 2013-14. That is what Wilkinson and his players achieved and it is what makes this story so special and worthy of Simpson’s insightful homage. – Simon Creasey * When Saturday Comes *
I really enjoyed the book… it’s a great read – Lee “Chappy” Chapman, Leeds United centre forward, League Championship winner, 1991-92
Unbearably poignant. Simpson neatly captures football’s key appeal, the way it can restore the simple certainties of childhood. These men are now postmen, pensioners, disabled, successful, travel agents and the seemingly lost. But they talk with equal wonder about their greatest season * The Last Word *
A welcome reclamation of Wilkinson’s success… breaks the mould in exploring team-building. As Simpson so wistfully explains, we shall probably never see their like again… Clearly written by a fan. – Juliet Jacques * New Statesman *
Excellent book * Yorkshire Post *
This excellent book evokes what increasingly seems like a golden age * Choice *
A fantastic book about Leeds United and that era… beautifully written detective work * Radio Leeds *
Fascinating * Yorkshire Radio *
Highly recommended * Yorkshire Evening Post *
Quality interviews, a fund of anecdotes… An illuminating portrait of an era that already seems as distant as the 1970s * Backpass *
Dave Simpson
Dave Simpson is a Guardian journalist who writes mainly on music. His first book, The Fallen, was a monumental quest to track down everyone who had ever played in Mark E Smith’s legendary band. Living in Yorkshire, he has supported Leeds since the early 1970s, which has brought about a small amount of pleasure and a great amount of pain. He also wrote for the LeedsLeedsLeeds magazine which documented United’s rise and mostly fall from 1998 to 2011.
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