/ Lead title A moving story of how a legendary football team was lost to tragedy -- and how this disaster irrevocably altered the lives of the survivors and the bereaved families, and ultimately brought shame on the biggest football club in the world. / The first book to address the effects of the loss of life on the Munich families and to question the role of Manchester United in its handling of their grief. / Contains exclusive in-depth interviews with surviving players and the bereaved families. Also features the undocumented lifestyles of the individual players as well as a revealing insight into post-War Britain. / Not just a book about football but features human life stories about painful loss and emotional grief, which will have an appeal wider than simply to football fans. / Marketing and publicity campaigns will target key football and sports press as well as a broader audience through men's lifestyle media.
Jeff Connor is rugby correspondent for the Mail on Sunday. He is the author of eleven books, including an entertaining account of the Tour De France, ‘Wide-Eyed and Legless’, and ‘Up Down and Under’, a diary of the 2001 Lions Rugby Tour to Australia. ‘Pointless, A Season with Britain's Worst Football Team’, will be published by Headline in 2005.
'A thorough, and thoroughly moving, piece of work' Daily Telegraph 'Highly recommended' When Saturday Comes 'Covering a lot of ground, this splendid book provides a fascinating insight into many of those affected by the tragedy' Winger
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