'Without football, we were strangers under a shared roof. With it, we were father and son.โ
Inspired by his fatherโs devotion to Newcastle United and the heroes of yesteryear, Duncan Hamilton brings to life a bygone age telling the story of British football from the hardscrabble 1940s and the โnever-had-it-so-goodโ โ50s right through to the dowdy First Division of the โ70s and โ80s, and todayโs slick Premiership. Hamilton recalls some of footballโs most sublime players, managers and characters, from Bill Shankly and Jackie Milburn to George Best and Lionel Messi.
But at the heart of The Footballer Who could Fly is Hamiltonโs relationship with his own father. Here he tells how football became the only real connection between two people who, apart from their love of the beautiful game, were wholly different from one another.
ืืืืืจืคืืืช ืืืืจืื ืืช