Man With Maradona's Shirt

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1980s football
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age of innocence in football
Ardiles
Author_Steve Hodge
autobiography
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Behind-the-scenes account
Brian Clough
Category1=Non-Fiction
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Category=WSJA
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era of football
Eric Cantona
Hand of God episode
Hoddle
Hodgey
Language_English
Leeds wins League Championship
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Price_€10 to €20
professional English football
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softlaunch
Waddle

Product details

  • ISBN 9781409117353
  • Weight: 348g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Aug 2011
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Intimate, behind-the-scenes account of the last age of innocence in football, just prior to the Premiership, based on the England midfielder's diaries.

This is not a straightforward autobiography, it's a snapshot of a vanished era of football. The 1980s and the early 1990s was the last era of (relative) innocence in football. Steve Hodge played alongside Hoddle, Waddle and Ardiles in the lauded mid-1980s Spurs midfield; he was a dressing-room witness to the vagaries, charm, whims and downright venomous side of Brian Clough; he was at two World Cups, being instrumental in the 'hand of God' episode, and hanging out with the likes of Gazza and Lineker four years later in Italy. He won the last League Championship medal with Leeds, then languished in the reserves with a 'somewhat shy', cultured Frenchman. As the balls would fly over the midfield - Howard Wilkinson being a disciple of route one - Eric Cantona would turn to him and repeatedly ask, 'Hodgey, why are we here?'

THE MAN WITH MARADONA'S SHIRT is a fascinating, behind-the-scenes glimpse of life at the top.

Steve Hodge played at the top level throughout his career for Nottingham Forest, Spurs, Aston Villa and Leeds. He won 24 caps, playing at two World Cups. He now works at the youth academy at Forest.