Jack was open,charismatic,selfish and pig-headed; Bobby was guarded,shy,polite and reserved to the point of reclusiveness. Jack was a gangling central defender who developed a profound tactical intelligence; Bobby an athletic attacking midfielder who disdained systems. Yet the Charlton brothers both enjoyed great success as football players and together,for England,they won the World Cup.
Two Brothers is both the story of the most famous football players of their generation and an account of late-twentieth-century English football: the tensions between flair and industry,between individuality and the collective,between right and left,between middle- and working-classes,between exile and home.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780349144825Number of pages: 384Weight: 320 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 36 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Razor-sharp tactical analysis and an intriguing angle of its own.'- The Irish Independent
'Wilson is a fine,nuanced writer.'- TLS
'Compelling... gets to the heart of Bobby and Jackie.'- Late Tackle Magazine
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