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Murrayfield, the Calcutta Cup, March 1990. England vs. Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Will Carling's England are the very embodiment of Margaret Thatcher's Britain - snarling, brutish and all-conquering. Scotland are the underdogs - second-class citizens from a land that's become the testing ground for the most unpopular tax in living memory: Thatcher's Poll Tax. Fifteen men in blue jerseys are plotting the downfall of the English oppressors. In Edinburgh, nationalism is rising high - what happens in the stadium will resound far beyond the pitch.
The Grudge brilliantly recaptures a day that has gone down in history as a great day for Scotland. This is the real story of an extraordinary game, told with astounding insight and almost unprecedented access to key players, coaches and supporters on both sides (Will Carling, Ian McGeechan, Brian Moore and the rest). Tom English has produced a gripping account of a titanic struggle that thrusts the reader right into the heart of the action. Game on.
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"The run up to the England-Scotland game, Murrayfield, an excellent new book on 1990 Grand Slam decider will be published" --Daily Telegraph
"Tom English has written a marvellous book, in its way as gripping as that season and the match itself" --Scottish Review Of Books
`...a terrific combination of intelligent reportage and open-eyed myth-making.' -- Daily Telegraph
`... a richly textured picture of the build-up, the day itself and the aftermath.' -- Independent On Sunday
`... a terrific bit of work, as engaging as the day itself was.' -- Daily Telegraph
'... shudderingly good... English has a rare talent for getting to the core of a person.' -- Rugby World
`... enthralling account... English's page-turning account puts it in fine perspective.'
-- The Big Issue
`excellent book which revisits an occasion when sport and politics and ancient rivalry came together.' --Daily Mail
"a quite outstanding new book by Tom English about the epic 1990 Grand Slam showdown" --The Guardian
"If you haven't bought ... The Grudge - then do yourself a favour and get it now. It's terrific" --spectator.co.uk
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The gripping inside story of the 1990 Calcutta Cup - when an England-Scotland rugby match became more than a game.
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- PublisherYellow Jersey
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0224082760
- ISBN 13 9780224082761
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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