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Spirit of 58: The Incredible Untold Story of Northern Irelands Greatest Football Team

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By (author): Evan Marshall

In the summer of 1958 tiny Northern Ireland stood just one game away from a semi-final appearance in the World Cup against the mighty Brazil. The heroic story of this uniquely blessed squad of players, led by the peerless Danny Blanchflower, takes in the Munich Air Disaster, a fight against Sabbath Observers within the IFA who tried to stop them going to the tournament in Sweden, and a violent win-or-bust struggle against Italy to qualify. And yet it has almost been forgotten.

Spirit of 58 tells the story of how Northern Irish football came of age under the management of Peter Doherty, and the teams journey from also-rans to being two games away from the World Cup final of 1958. Including interviews with all the surviving players, the book finally tells the full story of Northern Irelands greatest ever team. A gripping rollercoaster of a story that will thrill football and sports fans.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 270g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 12 May 2016
  • Publisher: Colourpoint Creative Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780856409578

About Evan Marshall

Evan Marshall has worked in local television for the past 15 years much of that time with Doubleband Films in Belfast where he worked on Super 8 Stories and Those Were the Days. He worked extensively on Northern Ireland Screens Digital Film Archive and it was here that he first saw a Pathé news report on the 1958 NI team that led him to tell the players remarkable story with the passion that he now brings to the team of 1980-86.

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