On the One Road to Lisbon
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2017
Matador (Verlag)
9781788037693 (ISBN)
Matador (Verlag)
9781788037693 (ISBN)
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This is the story of a bunch of lads from Glasgow who followed their team, Glasgow Celtic, on an epic journey to the European Cup Final in 1967 in Lisbon in a twelve-seater VW bus.
Join ‘the team on the bus’ for a wild pilgrimage through Europe to the
legendary 1967 European Cup Final!
In 1967, one football team surpassed
the odds and took on the mighty Inter Milan in a match that brought fans from
all over the world. On the One Road to Lisbon is their
story, an epic pilgrimage in a twelve-seater VW bus that brims with
misadventures, starting in Dover, roaming through Spain and Portugal, before
finally reaching journey’s end and the thrilling final.
The story centres on the author’s own
father and uncles, and as such is very much part road-story, part-football.
While fans will appreciate the exhilarating atmosphere of the matches, the book
is not just for the football aficionado. Humour and moments of suspense are
woven through every episode as the reader begins to root for both the Celtics
and the ‘team on the bus’.
A cast of hilarious and defined
characters joins the family, from the sporting legend to the everyman. The
Celtic boss ‘The Big Man’ and the
prince of full backs share the page with wee Tommy who only got to go once he’d
got his giro, the Milky Bar Kid who was picked up on the cross-roads outside
Burgos and the Glasgow Corporation uniform-wearing bus conductor who didn’t
even tell his wife he was going. This is a story for the ages and includes you
as an eager teammate on the one road to Lisbon.
Join ‘the team on the bus’ for a wild pilgrimage through Europe to the
legendary 1967 European Cup Final!
In 1967, one football team surpassed
the odds and took on the mighty Inter Milan in a match that brought fans from
all over the world. On the One Road to Lisbon is their
story, an epic pilgrimage in a twelve-seater VW bus that brims with
misadventures, starting in Dover, roaming through Spain and Portugal, before
finally reaching journey’s end and the thrilling final.
The story centres on the author’s own
father and uncles, and as such is very much part road-story, part-football.
While fans will appreciate the exhilarating atmosphere of the matches, the book
is not just for the football aficionado. Humour and moments of suspense are
woven through every episode as the reader begins to root for both the Celtics
and the ‘team on the bus’.
A cast of hilarious and defined
characters joins the family, from the sporting legend to the everyman. The
Celtic boss ‘The Big Man’ and the
prince of full backs share the page with wee Tommy who only got to go once he’d
got his giro, the Milky Bar Kid who was picked up on the cross-roads outside
Burgos and the Glasgow Corporation uniform-wearing bus conductor who didn’t
even tell his wife he was going. This is a story for the ages and includes you
as an eager teammate on the one road to Lisbon.
Having supported Celtic all of his life, Michael Herron was once invited at age seventeen to play for Manchester United by a scout. Instead, he pursued a political career, working in Washington D.C. and for the Labour party in London. He was recently awarded a PHD in genocide studies from Kingston University in London.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.12.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Market Harborough |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781788037693 / 9781788037693 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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