Love Hurts: Motorways, Madness and Leeds United
- ISBN-10
- 1780574258
- ISBN-13
- 9781780574257
- Series
- Love Hurts
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-27
- Publisher
- Random House
- Authors
- Fraser Marr, Neil Jeffries
Description
Most relationships between a fan and a favourite football team go way beyond the casual. Almost always that relationship is a torrid, steamy and passionate love affair. A love affair that rarely lives up to expectations. A love affair that seldom satisfies and, most of the time, just plain hurts. So it is for supporters of Leeds United, a club with a big reputation secured in the late 1960s and early '70s, but tarnished in the '80s and rebuilt only partially in the '90s. Come the start of the 1996-97 season, Leeds were a Premiership club on paper, but on the pitch looked far from it. The supporters groaned and the new board acted swiftly, manager Howard Wilkinson being replaced by the once disgraced George Graham. The football world watched as the former Arsenal supreme sought to rebuild both Leeds and his own reputation. All the club had was time, hope and the love of its fans . . . Love Hurts tells the story of some of those fans. It is a diary of one extraordinary season, told and photographed in a uniquely personal way by two men for whom following Leeds is a labour of love requiring hours of motorway travel to matches offering variable amounts of torment and despair, of ecstasy and humour. The book pulls no punches, and points the finger whether the team wins or loses. No quarter is given and no fan of any team who reads is can fail to recognise the joy and pain it contains.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation
By Eva IllouzIn the history of Western Europe, perhaps the first widespread cultural model which put suffering at the center of the experience of love was courtly love.52 In the literature of the troubadours of Provence, the sufferings provoked by ...
-
Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken
By Lodro RinzlerIt feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: the 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha are the ultimate antidote for emotional pain.
-
When Love Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships
By Jill Cory, Karen Mcandless-davisBethany is often embarrassed by the extreme statements that Russell makes at parties. On a number of occasions in the past, Bethany has attempted to moderate Russell's extreme views with her own more moderate statements.
-
When Love Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships
By Jill Cory, Karen Mcandless-davisWritten by two women with first-hand experience with abuse victims, When Love Hurts introduces exercises and resources to help you make sense of your relationship, addressing all forms of abuse including verbal, emotional, financial, sexual ...
-
His Love Hurts
By Jocelyn Ann TaylorHis Love Hurts is based on an emotional, whirlwind of a relationship in Jocelyn's life.
-
Love Hurts: The True Story of a Teen Romance, a Vicious Plot, and a Family Murdered
By Keith Elliot GreenbergUntil Erin helped Charlie come up with a plan to do away with her disapproving parents once and for all... Please note: This ebook edition does not contain photos that appeared in the print edition. A FATHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE.
-
Love Hurts
Love Hurts
-
When Love Hurts: 10 Principles to Transform Difficult Relationships
By Karla DowningThe 10 principles in this book will help you to experience freedom--to let go and love your loved one, and to experience peace, trust, and joy in the midst of the storm.
-
When Love Hurts: A Pathway to Healing
By Alexandra ElizabethWhen you are not really clear on what love is and what it means to be loved, you open yourself up to be misused and abused. If you envision love as a ... Some examples of when love hurts are: You love someone who does not love you back.
-
Love Hurts: The True Story of a Teen Romance, a Vicious Plot, and a Family Murdered
By Keith Elliot GreenbergHe was searching in many places to be accepted and loved , to feel like he was part of a solid family . The months prior to the murders , he visited different churches , trying ... Charlie Wilkinson had a crush on my friend , LOVE HURTS 31.