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Field of Dreams Nige Tassell

Field of Dreams By Nige Tassell

Field of Dreams by Nige Tassell


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To mark the centenary of the iconic Wembley stadium, Nige Tassell write its first history 100 years in 100 matches.

Field of Dreams Summary

Field of Dreams: 100 Years of Wembley in 100 Matches by Nige Tassell

100 years of Wembley Stadium told through 100 matches.

The 1923 FA Cup final also known as the White Horse final was the first football match played at the British Empire Exhibition Stadium. Although best remembered for its vast, well-beyond-capacity crowd, which had to be marshalled by a policeman atop a white horse, that afternoon marked the opening chapter of the long and eventful history of the stadium soon to be known simply as Wembley.

Over the 100 years since that overcrowded day, Wembley has established itself as the home of the beautiful game and, almost certainly, the worlds most famous football stadium.It occupies a special place in the hearts of players and punters alike. Watching your team at Wembley is the highlight of a fans lifetime of support; playing there the fulfilment of a childhood dream.

Its sacred pitch has been the crucible of many classic matches across the decades: World Cups have been won here, as have FA Cups, European Cups, play-off finals and more. And that hallowed turf has also seen greyhounds, stunt motorcycles, American football, plus the feet of 72,000 music fans at Live Aid in 1985.

Nige Tassell chooses 100 matches - from the well known to the esoteric - that have shaped Wembley's legacy and tells a lively and original alternative history of the past 100 years of football, and of Britain.We hear a ball boys perspective on the FA Cup Final when Bert Trautmann broke his neck, about the other commentator of the 1966 World Cup final, and why a cup-winning team of eleven unemployed mendidn'treceive a trophy from a future king.

Field of Dreams isthe story of how football found its home.

Field of Dreams Reviews

'Brilliant' -- Adrian Chiles
'An absolute cracker. If you buy one football book this year make it this one... A brilliant, brililant book' -- Paul Ross * TalkSport *
'Beautifully written and adeptly researched, this book is both a celebration of, and fitting tribute to, England's national stadium in both its incarnations' * Pitch *
'An absolutely cracking read' -- Chris Sutton

About Nige Tassell

Nige Tassell writes about sport and popular culture. His work has appeared inThe Guardian,The Sunday Times,GQ,Esquire,FourFourTwo,The BlizzardandWhen Saturday Comes among others, and his previousbooks include non-league football classicThe Bottom Corner,Three Weeks, Eight Seconds, Boot Sale,Butch Wilkins and the Sundance KidandAnd It's a Beautiful Day.

Additional information

NGR9781398518568
9781398518568
1398518565
Field of Dreams: 100 Years of Wembley in 100 Matches by Nige Tassell
New
Paperback
Simon & Schuster Ltd
2024-03-14
400
N/A
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