Jimmy Finnigan's village is the nicest place you've ever seen...
It's so nice that nothing ever seems to happen.
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Jimmy Adamson was a football enigma, revered by some, disliked by others – a supremely elegant player of the ’50s & early ’60s, a title winner & a respected coach, but a manager whose spirit was ultimately shattered.
In 1962, Adamson had the world at his feet: FA Cup finalist, Footballer of the Year & invited to become England manager, having been assistant at the World Cup in Chile. But Adamson said ‘no’.
In 1970 he predicted that Burnley would become the ‘ Team of the Seventies’, but despotic chairman Bob Lord’s selling policy saw the vision fade & die. Controversially sacked in 1976, Adamson moved to Sunderland & then endured two torrid years at Leeds United before turning his back on the game.
This is a poignant story of broken dreams, failed ambitions & personal tragedy, ending in estrangement from the club he loved. A story of what might have been.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781785314032
• Author: Dave Thomas
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 2.5cm