Steen, Rob
The Mavericks: English Football When Flair Wore Flares
- ISBN 13:
- 9781472974853
- author:
- Steen, Rob
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Sport
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimetres (0.17 kg
- Genre:
- Sports & Recreation,Soccer, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
The Mavericks: English Football When Flair Wore Flares In the early 1970s, a group of English footballers revolutionized the sport with their flair, style, and showmanship. This book tells the story of seven men who embodied the spirit of football as performance art, and their impact on the game. From the terraces to the pitch, these players defied convention and authority, embracing the glamour of football alongside the likes of David Bowie and Alvin Stardust. Their legacy was marked by a clash between individuality and the increasingly corporate world of football. This personal account explores the lives of Stan Bowles, Tony Currie, Charlie George, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh, Peter Osgood, and Frank Worthington, who followed in the trail blazed by football's first tabloid star, George Best. Against a backdrop of increasing violence and social change, this book examines an anomaly at the heart of English culture, one that symbolized the end of post-Sixties optimism and the death of innocence.
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