There are two kinds of people in this world.Those who insist that football is just a game,and those who know better.Take the April 1967 clash between England and Scotland. Wounded by their biggest rivals winning the World Cup just nine months earlier,Bobby Brown's Scots travelled to Wembley on the mother of allmissions.Win and they would take a huge step towards qualifying for the 1968 European Championship,end England's formidable 19-game unbeaten streak,and,best of all,put Sir Alf Ramsey's men firmly back in their box. Lose Well,that was just unthinkable.
Meanwhile,off the pitch,the winds of change were billowing through Scotland. Nationalism,long confined to the margins of British politics,was starting to penetrate the mainstream,gaining both traction and influence. Was England's World Cup victory a defining moment in the Scottish independence movement Or did it consign Scotland to successive generations of myopic underachievement
Michael McEwan,author of The Ghosts of Cathkin Park,returns to 1967 to explore a crucial ninety minutes in the rebirth of a nation.
Publisher: Polaris Publishing LimitedISBN: 9781913538972Number of pages: 368Weight: 598 gDimensions: 234 x 156 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Written with the quality and flair Wembley'67 deserves. Brilliantly captures Scotland's magical day'
'A meticulously researched,crisply-written work of elegant storytelling'
'Wonderful sports writing. A glorious retelling of an imperious age,when Scotland ruled the world,kind of'
'The definitive account of when we were kings,told with a swagger and style that befits those Wembley heroes'
'Superbly and entertainingly researched - and so much more than just an account of a famous Scottish victory'
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