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klopp my liverpool romance by Anthony Quinn

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  Immensely readable' Hannah Jane Parkinson, OBSERVER 'Informative and emotive' THIS IS ANFIELD *As featured in the Guardian's Biggest Books of Autumn 2020* In the first book by a British writer about this extraordinary football manager, lifelong Liverpool fan Anthony Quinn has crafted a uniquely revealing love-letter to Jürgen Klopp. In early March 2020 Liverpool were two wins away from an extraordinary achievement, on course for their first league title win in 30 years - since the heads days of Kenny Dalglish - and likely to seal it in the Merseyside derby against their great rivals Everton. And all this an incredible two months before the season was due to end. Then, as we all know, the season was postponed. The architect of the club's great resurgence - including their 2019 UEFA Champions League win - has been Jürgen Klopp. In his personal love-letter to the man, Anthony Quinn, journalist, novelist and life-long Liverpool fan, has written an inspiring and affect...

History of champions league

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 Season Winner Runner-up 2019-2020           Bayern Munich   PSG 2018-2019 Liverpool Tottenham 2017-2018 Real Madrid Liverpool 2016-2017 Real Madrid Juventus 2015-2016 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid 2014-2015 Barcelona Juventus 2013-2014 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid 2012-2013 Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund 2011-2012 Chelsea Bayern Munich 2010-2011 Barcelona Manchester United 2009-2010 Internazionale Bayern Munich 2008-2009 Barcelona Manchester United 2007-2008 Manchester United Chelsea 2006-2007 Milan Liverpool 2005-2006 Barcelona Arsenal 2004-2005 Liverpool Milan 2003-2004 Porto Monaco 2002-2003 Real Madrid Juventus 2001-2002 Real Madrid Bayer Leverkusen 2000-2001 Bayern Munich Valencia 1999-2000 Real Madrid Valencia 1998-1999 Manchester United Bayern Munich 1997-1998 Real Madrid Juventus 1996-1997 Borussia Dortmund Juventus 1995-1996 Juventus Aj...

El Diego: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Footballer by Diego Armando Maradona book Review

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  Diego Armando Maradona: hero or villain? One thing is certain: he was the greatest footballer of his generation - and perhaps of all time. A poor boy from a Buenos Aires shanty-town, his genius with a ball took him to the heights of European and world football, and his struggle with the pressures of life inside and outside the game pulled him right back down again. Never before has Maradona given us his extraordinary story in his own words. Until now. Book Description Thirty years on from the magic of the '86 Mexico World Cup, Diego Maradona reveals, for the first time, the untold stories behind that one-of-a-kind championship. About the Author Diego Maradona  was born in Buenos Aires in 1961. He is widely recognised as one of football's greatest players. He has played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca, Barcelona, Naples, Seville and Newell's Old Boys, but he will always be most strongly associated with the Argentinian national team. He lives in Dubai. Daniel Arcucci  is one...

Blessed to have lived in a time where we got to watch his magic. RIP Diego Maradona#RIPLegend

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This moment I am going to write about you is just an emptiness in my mind Diego .... Even the frozen hands of the snowy night could not quench the coals of my burning memories ... When God turned a blind eye to the prayer that what he heard was not true, the true football god disappeared beyond the curtain of time .. !!!!  Diego Armando Maradona ..... In this world without you, we are now alone with the sweet memories of your dreams come true ....  When you leave the stage, all you can do is shake off all the roles you can give between God and the devil. All that is left are a handful of good memories. When you kissed the golden crown that Argentina dreamed of, you were not a star. You were like God to every Argentine fan and football fan.  There will be no heir .... Rosario gifted a sleepless night to the streets and Naples.  You will never be known as part of history Diego ... History will be known through you .... Every achievement you have made will b...

Remembering Diego Maradona Argentine football legend dies aged 60

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 Diego Armando Maradona was born on 30 October 1960, at the Policlínico (Polyclinic) Evita Hospital in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province; he was raised in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was the first son after four daughters. He has two younger brothers, Hugo (el Turco) and Raúl (Lalo), both of whom were also professional football players. Maradona is of distant Spanish and Croatian descent. His parents were Diego Maradona "Chitoro" (1927–2015) and Dalma Salvadora Franco 'Doña Tota' (1930–2011). They were both born and brought up in the town of Esquina in the north-east province of Corrientes Province, living only two hundred metres from each other on the banks of the Corriente River. In 1950, they left Esquina and settled in Buenos Aires. He received his first soccer ball as a gift at age 3 and quickly became devoted to the game. At age eight, Maradona was spotte...

José Mourinho: Up Close and Personal by Robert Beasley Book review

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The gripping biography of one of the most successful managers in football, Jose Mourinho, giving a rare insight into Mourinho the man as well as Mourinho the manager. Jose Mourinho is undoubtedly one of the most charismatic and controversial characters in football today. Never far away from the headlines, it is the drama surrounding him as much as his many successes that make him such a fascinating figure. Having worked at some of the biggest clubs in the world - Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United - Mourinho knows how to deliver when it matters. Leaving trophy cabinets bursting wherever he's been, he has a claim on being the greatest manager in his sport. But is the way he conducts himself on the touchline and in front of the cameras the real Jose Mourinho, or an act he puts on for the watching world? Author Robert Beasley has followed Mourinho's career closely since his arrival on the English football scene in 2004. An award-winning sports correspon...

History of Arsenal Football Club

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                   Arsenal were founded as Dial Square in 1886 by a group of workers employed by the Dial Square workshop at the Royal Arsenal, an armaments factory in Woolwich, Kent (formally part of the new County of London from 1889).[a] They were led by a Scotsman, David Danskin, who purchased the club's first football, and Jack Humble. Among their number was the former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Fred Beardsley, who would later along with Morris Bates obtain a set of red kits from his old club, thus giving Arsenal the colours they still wear today. A Dial Square played their first match on 11 December 1886 against Eastern Wanderers on an open field on the Isle of Dogs, which they won 6–0.[b] The club were renamed Royal Arsenal soon after, reportedly on Christmas Day.[2] Initially the club played on Plumstead Common, but soon sought alternative homes, firstly the Sportsman Ground in Plumstead before moving to the adjacent Manor Grou...