"A marvellous read" -- Daily Telegraph
"Captures a special atmosphere" -- Manchester Evenings News
"Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age ... even if he had been wearing an overcoat" -- Bill Shankly.
"Lionel Messi is Finney reborn" -- Tommy Docherty, former Manchester United manager
At his peak, Tom Finney was recognised as the best footballer in the world. Blessed with extraordinary courage, pace and skill, he destroyed defences and enthralled crowds wherever he played. His mesmerising genius eventually led to his acclaim as the best player in the world.
Award-wining sportswriter Paul Agnew was granted unprecedented access to Sir Tom's unique archive and interviewed him at length to discover the thoughtful man behind the glorious facade. He recounts the death of Finney's mother when he was only four, his precocious talent in childhood kickabouts, his war-time experiences in Monty's Eighth Army and, of course, his starring role in the greatest-ever England forward line.
Told with candour, humour and pathos, FOOTBALL LEGEND is the story of a true soccer immortal.
"A footballing genius who throughout his life has shown how a true hero can also be the most unassuming of gentlemen" -- Sir Stanley Matthews
"A unique and exciting study of one of the greatest sportsmen of all time" -- Football Monthly.
"Captures a special atmosphere" -- Manchester Evenings News
"Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age ... even if he had been wearing an overcoat" -- Bill Shankly.
"Lionel Messi is Finney reborn" -- Tommy Docherty, former Manchester United manager
At his peak, Tom Finney was recognised as the best footballer in the world. Blessed with extraordinary courage, pace and skill, he destroyed defences and enthralled crowds wherever he played. His mesmerising genius eventually led to his acclaim as the best player in the world.
Award-wining sportswriter Paul Agnew was granted unprecedented access to Sir Tom's unique archive and interviewed him at length to discover the thoughtful man behind the glorious facade. He recounts the death of Finney's mother when he was only four, his precocious talent in childhood kickabouts, his war-time experiences in Monty's Eighth Army and, of course, his starring role in the greatest-ever England forward line.
Told with candour, humour and pathos, FOOTBALL LEGEND is the story of a true soccer immortal.
"A footballing genius who throughout his life has shown how a true hero can also be the most unassuming of gentlemen" -- Sir Stanley Matthews
"A unique and exciting study of one of the greatest sportsmen of all time" -- Football Monthly.
