Glory Days for the Waifs and the Strays
Identity and Meaning in the Rise of the Modern Manchester City
Seiten
2025
Biteback Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78590-968-9 (ISBN)
Biteback Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78590-968-9 (ISBN)
Glory Days for the Waifs and the Strays charts Manchester City's route from noble rags to uncomfortable riches and unpacks what it means when a team's lowest lows and highest highs occur improbably within a generation.
On
12 May 2019, Manchester City became the first team to retain the Premier League
title for a decade. Twenty years earlier, the same club was slogging its way
out of Division Two, having sunk ignominiously to the third tier, its glory
days well behind it.
Ordinarily,
the tale of a sleeping giant awaking to stomp over the competition would be
celebrated far beyond the core fan base. But City's success is tied
inextricably to its takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008, an event
that altered the club's horizons beyond any plausible recognition. The
injection of billions of pounds into the club amid accusations that Abu Dhabi
is 'sportswashing' its reputation tarnished City's treble-winning season in
2022/23, as have serious charges of financial impropriety from the Premier
League.
Glory
Days for the Waifs and Strays
charts this route from noble rags to uncomfortable riches and unpacks what it
means when a team's lowest lows and highest highs occur improbably within a
generation. It amounts to a story like no other in modern football: the
distance travelled from there to here, the greats on either side of the white
line and the uniquely divisive means by which this has been achieved.
Manchester
City have defined an era in English football. This is the tale of how that
happened and why it matters.
On
12 May 2019, Manchester City became the first team to retain the Premier League
title for a decade. Twenty years earlier, the same club was slogging its way
out of Division Two, having sunk ignominiously to the third tier, its glory
days well behind it.
Ordinarily,
the tale of a sleeping giant awaking to stomp over the competition would be
celebrated far beyond the core fan base. But City's success is tied
inextricably to its takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008, an event
that altered the club's horizons beyond any plausible recognition. The
injection of billions of pounds into the club amid accusations that Abu Dhabi
is 'sportswashing' its reputation tarnished City's treble-winning season in
2022/23, as have serious charges of financial impropriety from the Premier
League.
Glory
Days for the Waifs and Strays
charts this route from noble rags to uncomfortable riches and unpacks what it
means when a team's lowest lows and highest highs occur improbably within a
generation. It amounts to a story like no other in modern football: the
distance travelled from there to here, the greats on either side of the white
line and the uniquely divisive means by which this has been achieved.
Manchester
City have defined an era in English football. This is the tale of how that
happened and why it matters.
Dom Farrell is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK, having previously worked for the Press Association, Stats Perform and Reach plc. Over the course of more than a decade and a half as a sports journalist, Dom has covered numerous elite-level events, from domestic, European and international football finals to major boxing world title fights. Dom's passion for football began when his parents bought him a Manchester City season ticket in 1993, granting him a front-row seat for the bad old days. When work commitments allow, he still attends matches at the Etihad Stadium with his family as a fan.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.06.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78590-968-1 / 1785909681 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78590-968-9 / 9781785909689 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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