Football with a Smile: Authorised Biography of Joe Mercer OBE - Hardcover

James, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0951486292 ISBN 13: 9780951486290

Publisher: Polar Print Group Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Official biography of the Everton and Arsenal footballer, who went on to manage Sheffield United, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Coventry City and England. 8vo. 304pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.

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Review

Gary James' book is different and it shines out of every page of this accomplished account. Essential reading. -- Mike Barnett (City Life Magazine)

James' book is a fine tribute, lovingly told and lavishly illustrated. -- Stephen Kelly (Four Four Two)

James'biography of the player remembered effectionately at Everton, Arsenal and City, is a welcome indulgence and entertainingly informative. -- David Miller (The Times)

This book demonstrated what an extraordinary character and asset to English football Mercer was. -- Arsenal Match Magazine

This is a well told story of a very special football man. It is not a football story of any man. Read it! -- Ex England Manager Graham Taylor (The Daily Telegraph)

About the Author

Gary James has been researching and writing about football since the mid-1980s. He has written several landmark publications and articles on the sport's history, clubs, players and personalities. In recent years these articles have appeared in publications as diverse as The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, The Times, When Saturday Comes, and the match programmes of both Manchester clubs. He has also lectured on the game. Gary cares deeply about football and wants to see the history and development of the game accurately recorded. Joe Mercer was City's manager when Gary was born and, inevitably, Gary's interest in Joe's life and career developed as a result. In the 1980s he met Joe for the first time and became determined to write a biography worthy of the great man. Research for this book has seen Gary interview players, fans, broadcasters, journalists, critics, friends and other figures from every aspect of Joe's life in his quest to accurately portray a footballing legend. For more information on Gary's work visit: www.manchesterfootball.org Facebook: James Ward PublishingA" BY THE SAME AUTHOR HISTORICAL/FACTUAL From Maine Men To Banana Citizens (1989), Temple Press The Pride of Manchester (with Steve Cawley, 1991), ACL & Polar Manchester: The Greatest City (1997 & 2002), Polar Publishing Farewell To Maine Road (2003), Polar Publishing Manchester City Hall Of Fame (2005), Hamlyn Manchester City The Complete Record (2006), Breedon Books Manchester City: 125 Years Of Football (2006 & 2007), At Heart Publications Manchester: A Football History (2008), James Ward The Big Book Of City (2009), James Ward FICTION Atkinson For England (with Mark Brown, 2001) BIOGRAPHY Football With A Smile: The Authorised Biography of Joe Mercer, OBE (1993 & 1994), ACL & Polar TELEVISION The History Of Football (2007), Channel M

Edition details

• Publisher: Polar Print Group Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0951486292
• ISBN 13: 9780951486290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Baskcomb Julian