There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who insist that football is just a game, and those who know better. Take the April 1967 clash between England and Scotland. Wounded by their biggest rivals winning the World Cup just nine months earlier, Bobby Brown's Scots travelled to Wembley on the mother of all missions. Win and they would take a huge step towards qualifying for the 1968 European Championship, end England's formidable 19-game unbeaten streak, and, best of all, put Sir Alf Ramsey's men firmly back in their box. Lose? Well, that was just unthinkable.

Meanwhile, off the pitch, the winds of change were billowing through Scotland. Nationalism, long confined to the margins of British politics, was starting to penetrate the mainstream, gaining both traction and influence. Was England's World Cup victory a defining moment in the Scottish independence movement? Or did it consign Scotland to successive generations of myopic underachievement?

Michael McEwan, author of The Ghosts of Cathkin Park, returns to 1967 to explore a crucial ninety minutes in the rebirth of a nation.

About the Author

Michael McEwan is a journalist from Glasgow. He is the Assistant Editor of PSP Media Group's portfolio of sports titles, which include Bunkered, Scotland's highest circulating golf magazine. He is a former winner of both the RBS Young Sportswriter of the Year and Evening Times Young Football Journalist of the Year awards and the author of Running the Smoke: 26 First-Hand Accounts of Running the London Marathon.

Reviews

'Written with the quality and flair Wembley '67 deserves. Brilliantly captures Scotland's magical day'

-- Michael Grant * The Times *

'A meticulously researched, crisply-written work of elegant storytelling'

-- Daniel Gray * Nutmeg *

'Wonderful sports writing. A glorious retelling of an imperious age, when Scotland ruled the world, kind of'

-- Tom English * BBC Sport *

'The definitive account of when we were kings, told with a swagger and style that befits those Wembley heroes'

-- Hugh MacDonald

'Superbly and entertainingly researched - and so much more than just an account of a famous Scottish victory'

-- Dougie Donnelly



Book Information
ISBN 9781913538972
Author Michael McEwan
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Polaris Publishing Limited
Publisher Polaris Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 598g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 30mm