Jimmy Greaves THE HEART OF THE GAME First Edition Signed

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Jimmy Greaves THE HEART OF THE GAME First Edition Signed

First UK edition, first print hardback of THE HEART OF THE GAME, by Jimmy Greaves and published by Time Warner Books, London, in 2005. Signed by Greaves on the title page.

The book is in near fine condition (black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine). The dust jacket, which is not price clipped, has no more than slight wear (very light rubbing to edges, moisture staining to inside of rear cover, not visible from outside). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no other inscriptions.

In The Heart of the Game, Jimmy Greaves examines our underlying passion for football and its development over the fifty years he has been associated with the sport. He takes us into the world of players, managers, agents and fans to make sense of our lasting obsession with the beautiful game.

The Heart of the Game looks at every aspect of football from park players to galacticos; from the autocratic directors of the past to the marketing executives of today. He traces the development of football from the days when a manager's role included ordering match-day pies to the modern-day world of Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho.

Jimmy reveals how the media and money men have taken over the sport, and reflects on the games and personalities whose influence changed the face of English football. He asks the football questions we all want the answers to: how do the Svens of today compare to managers like Sir Alf Ramsay? Why has England stopped producing great goalkeepers? How come the football of yesteryear was more physical, yet the footballer of today is more injury-prone?

Drawing on his wealth of experience and genuine love of football, this is Jimmy Greaves at his most incisive, objective and humorous best.

353 pages, Illustrated with black & white photographs.

ISBN: 0 316 73076 9

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