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Eddie Turnbull: Having a Ball

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Eddie Turnbull: Having a Ball
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As the first British player to score a goal in European club competition in 1955, Hibs hero Eddie Turnbull holds a unique place in footballing history. In "Eddie Turnbull: Having a Ball", he charts his extraordinary career and tells the story of his eventful life so far. Turnbull explains how he became one-fifth of the most celebrated forward line ever to grace Scottish football - the Famous Five of Hibernian FC - and reveals how he had to wait until he was eighty-two to be awarded his first international 'cap', despite having played for Scotland nine times throughout the forties and fifties. After his playing career ended, Turnbull achieved lasting fame as manager of Aberdeen and his beloved Hibs.'Turnbull's Tornadoes' beat Jock Stein's Celtic side to lift the Scottish League in season 1972-73 and won the Drybrough Cup twice, in 1972 and 1973. During his decade with Hibs, Turnbull also managed George Best, and here he tells all about his turbulent time with the late, great legend. In this engrossing memoir, Turnbull candidly explains why he walked away from football in 1980, recounts many entertaining behind-the-scenes stories and gives his diagnoses of the ills of the modern game.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781845963286
ISBN10 1845963288
Number Of Pages 304
Item Weight 222 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 24 x 192 mm
Publisher / Reseller Mainstream Publishing
Format paperback
Edition Reprint
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Compelling and thoroughly entertaining Edinburgh Evening News Hannan is a writer of such skill that, although the bulk of Turnbull's footballing life took place in a remote era, much of the material is appetising and relevant -- Patrick Barclay Sundy Telegraph

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Eddie Turnbull was one of Hibernian Football Club's legendary Famous Five. He won three league titles with the club in 1947-48, 1950-51 and 1951-52, and captained the team after they became the first British side to play in the European Cup in 1955. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife. Martin Hannan is an award-winning journalist and writes for Scotland on Sunday on racing, boxing, rugby, football and a host of other sports. He is also the author of Rock of Gibraltar: Ultimate Racehorse and Fabulous Prize in a Race of Giants. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two children.

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