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          Two Brothers

          Two Brothers

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          The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades

          Shortlisted for Football Book of the Year (Sports Book Awards)



          ''Gripping''           Daily Mail

          ''Moving... chronicles two rema...

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          Product ID:9781408714492
          Product Form:Hardback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:Two Brothers
          Authors:Author: Jonathan Wilson
          Page Count:384
          Subjects:Biography: sport, Biography: sport, Association football (Soccer), Football (Soccer, Association football)
          Description:Select Guide Rating
          The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades

          Shortlisted for Football Book of the Year (Sports Book Awards)



          ''Gripping''           Daily Mail

          ''Moving... chronicles two remarkable lives'' Guardian

          ''Razor-sharp tactical analysis'' Irish Independent

          ''Wilson is a fine, nuanced writer'' Times Literary Supplement

          The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades

          In later life Jack and Bobby didn''t get on and barely spoke but the lives of these very different brothers from the coalfield tell the story 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.

          Jack was open, charismatic, selfish and pig-headed; Bobby was guarded, shy, polite and reserved to the point of reclusiveness. They were very different footballers: Jack a gangling central defender who developed a profound tactical intelligence; Bobby an athletic attacking midfielder who disdained systems. They played for clubs who embodied two very different approaches, the familial closeness and tactical cohesion of Leeds on the one hand and the individualistic flair and clashing egos of Manchester United on the other.

          Both enjoyed great success as players: Jack won a league, a Cup and two Fairs Cups with Leeds; Bobby won a league title, survived the terrible disaster of the plane crash in Munich, and then at enormous emotional cost, won a Cup and two more league titles before capping it off with the European Cup. Together, for England, they won the World Cup.

          Their managerial careers followed predictably diverging paths, Bobby failing at Preston while Jack enjoyed success at Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday before leading Ireland to previously un-imagined heights. Both were financially very successful, but Jack remained staunchly left-wing while Bobby tended to conservatism. In the end, Jack returned to Northumberland; Bobby remained in the North-West.

          Two Brothers tells a story of social history as well as two of the most famous football players of their generation.


          Imprint Name:Little, Brown
          Publisher Name:Little, Brown Book Group
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2022-08-11

          Additional information

          Weight672 g
          Dimensions165 × 242 × 43 mm