
Fifty Years of Hurt
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Charlie Anson
-
By:
-
Henry Winter
About this listen
England invented football, codified it, became champions of the world in 1966 but humiliatingly then forgot how to play the greatest game of all. England took their eye off a ball they arrogantly thought they owned, allowing other nations to run off with it.
It has been 50 years of hurt since Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup trophy at Wembley, and in this groundbreaking book Henry Winter addresses the state England are in on the golden anniversary of their greatest moment. Part lament, part anatomy of an obsession, both personal and collective, it analyses the truth behind the endless excuses and apportions the blame for the crimes against English football but is also a search for hope and solutions.
Fifty Years of Hurt weaves more than 40 exclusive interviews with the biggest names in the game - Jack Charlton, Alan Mullery, Peter Shilton, Glenn Hoddle, John Barnes, Chris Waddle, Gary Lineker, Ian and Mark Wright, Alan Shearer, Michael Owen, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Roy Hodgson - with a narrative dissection of the highs and lows of five decades of football.
And as well as players and managers, Henry Winter talks to the fans, to agents, to officials and to the governing bodies about every aspect, good and bad, of English football to provide answers to the question: where did it all go wrong? It is a passionate journey by a writer with vast personal insight into the national team, with unprecedented access to all areas of the game, but also by a fan who wants his England back. The 50 years of hurt must end.
©2016 Henry Winter (P)2016 Random House AudiobooksGreat insight into England’s years of hurt.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Ok read, nothing revolutionary
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Would still recommend a listen though.
Could do with an update post Euro 2016 ....ICELAND
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What made the experience of listening to Fifty Years of Hurt the most enjoyable?
Good story ruined by the narrator, who started well, but seemed to get tired as the chapters went onWhat other book might you compare Fifty Years of Hurt to, and why?
Not applicableHow did the narrator detract from the book?
He was poor!Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me cry (not really as it is only a game of soccer) when once again England went out in the quarter final against Iceland, you could not make it up! I would love to hear what Henry Winter would have said about Roy our illustrious manager then...Any additional comments?
Good book, shame about the narrator.Weak narrator!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Narrator needs to brush up on some pronunciations of players' names though (Peter "Withee", Ugo "Ehiogoo" etc) but that's a minor quibble really.
Decent insight
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.