When the year Ends in One
How Tottenham Hotspur’s 1991 FA Cup Win Saved the Club and Transformed English Football
When The Year Ends In One is the inside story of Tottenham Hotspur's tumultuous 1991 FA Cup campaign, as told by the players, staff, fans and broadcasters who lived it.
For manager Terry Venables, and his talented, eclectic and sometimes wayward squad, hazards abounded on that year's fabled 'road to Wembley'. Tottenham Hotspur PLC was out of step with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club; fans were organising in protest; the Midland Bank getting ready to call in Spurs' astronomical debt. Reaching football's grandest occasion offered a precarious route to salvation. Everything seemed to depend on Paul Gascoigne - poised to become the world's best player – and the price tag on his head. Could he avoid the dual perils of injury and his spiralling white-hot fame?
Spurs fans inside Wembley Stadium didn't know it, but the big beasts encircling their wounded club would - for better or worse - determine Tottenham's future and irrevocably transform the whole of English football.
“I loved this book, and I loved remembering a time when Tottenham did win things when the year ends in one - all Spurs fans will.”
“Fascinating ... A must read for anyone interested in Tottenham Hotspur, or this pivotal moment in English football.”
WE ARE SUNDAY LEAGUE
A Bittersweet, Real-Life Story from Football's Grass Roots
This is the real-life story of Wizards FC, a team of former school friends who - with a few star ringers - slogged their way through mud, rain, skinheads and Staffordshire bull terriers (and their business) to the summit of Sunday League football in north London.
It’s about growing up, friendship, being a man (sometimes), injuries and passion. Ewan Flynn brings alive the bobbly pitches, the scars of professional careers cut short, the thrill of lifting Sunday League silverware, even the dream-come-true of captaining your country against the World Champions in a UEFA European Championship qualifier.
“Amusing and touching, Ewan Flynn’s memoir of his Sunday league football team is a lovely read full of the small glories and fleeting disappointments of real life. Who knew that the Edmonton and District Sunday Football League could be such a strangely addictive world?”
