ONE NIGHT IN TURIN
The Inside Story of a World Cup that Changed our Footballing Nation Forever
by Pete Davies.
Published in paperback by Yellow Jersey,
Thursday 29th April 2010, £8.99
Re-issued for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and to mark the 20th Anniversary of Italia '90.
On 4th July 1990 over 30 million people watched the Italia World Cup semi final between England and West Germany during which Gazza cried, England lost in a heart-breaking penalty shoot out and football as we know it changed forever.
Pete Davies was a sports journalist with unique access to the England team at the time. He had been travelling with the team and witnessed everything at first hand - the players, the hooligans, the agents, the journalists, the fans - the full cast of football's rowdy circus. For nine months he had access to the England squad and their manager, Bobby Robson, talking to them freely about their hopes, their fears, their methods and their lives.
One Night in Turin captures with excitement a defining moment in UK sporting history and is a brilliant read for anyone passionate about the beautiful game.
'This could well be the best book ever written about football'
Time Out