Manchester United: The Biography
On sale
3rd September 2009
Price: £12.99
75 MILLION FANS.
AN ANNUAL INCOME OF MORE THAN £500 MILLION.
AND A STORY THAT HAS NEVER FULLY BEEN TOLD – UNTIL NOW.
‘A wonderfully entertaining history’ Sunday Telegraph
‘When historians 1,000 years from now try to fathom the cult of Manchester United Football Club, White will be a good place to start’ Financial Times
MANCHESTER UNITED: THE BIOGRAPHY contains everything a football fan needs to know about the club, from its birth in the smog-bound mud of Newton Heath to the Theatre of Dreams. From the solid yeomanry of Lancelot Holliday Richardson, through the gilded days of Law, Best and Charlton, to the dazzling artistry of Cristiano Ronaldo and becoming 20-time English football champions.
Award-winning journalist and lifelong red Jim White brings the history of this extraordinary club to life – unofficial and unbiased, it is written with the passion of a true fan.
AN ANNUAL INCOME OF MORE THAN £500 MILLION.
AND A STORY THAT HAS NEVER FULLY BEEN TOLD – UNTIL NOW.
‘A wonderfully entertaining history’ Sunday Telegraph
‘When historians 1,000 years from now try to fathom the cult of Manchester United Football Club, White will be a good place to start’ Financial Times
MANCHESTER UNITED: THE BIOGRAPHY contains everything a football fan needs to know about the club, from its birth in the smog-bound mud of Newton Heath to the Theatre of Dreams. From the solid yeomanry of Lancelot Holliday Richardson, through the gilded days of Law, Best and Charlton, to the dazzling artistry of Cristiano Ronaldo and becoming 20-time English football champions.
Award-winning journalist and lifelong red Jim White brings the history of this extraordinary club to life – unofficial and unbiased, it is written with the passion of a true fan.
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Reviews
****
A rich and thoroughly enjoyable tapestry
All encompassing yet readable
A must read for anyone who takes football seriously