BOB WILSON: BEHIND THE NETWORK - MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
by WILSON, BOB:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0340830328
- ISBN 13
- 9780340830321
- Seller
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,bright,clean,glossy laminated, subject wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/d, with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges or corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips. Publisher's bright,clean,unblemished dark blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked red gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xivpp+1-322pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list,a foreword by Michael Parkinson,a preface,15 chapters,32pp in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,contemporary b/w photographs between pp58/9+pp130/31,mixture of b/w+colour - majority colour - contemporary photographs between pp178/79+ pp250/51 respectively,and an index. Born in Chesterfield,on 30 October,1941,Bob Wilson had early football success playing in goal for England schoolboys.After qualifying as a physical education teacher at Loughborough College,he signed for Arsenal in 1962.He made more than three hundred first-team appearances, helping the Gunners win the European Fairs Cup in 1970 and,one year later,the coveted League Championship and FA Cup double.He also became the first English-born player to be capped by Scotland,the country of his parents' birth. In 1974 Bob Wilson embarked on a career in television for the BBC.The presenter of 'Football Focus' for twenty years,he also presented 'Grandstand','Match of the Day',and major World Cup tournaments.He joined ITV Sport in 1994 as their main football presenter.The first specialist goal-keeping coach in Britain,he has coached the keepers of Arsenal,QPR,and other top clubs.In 1989 and 2000 he was awarded honorary degrees by Loughborough University and the University of Derby respectively.Married to Megs in 1964,they had three children, John,Anna and Robert.After Anna's death in December 1998,he and his wife created the Willow Foundation in memory of their daughter who died of a rare form of cancer.The charity provides special days for seriously ill young adults between the ages of sixteen and forty. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- BOB WILSON: BEHIND THE NETWORK - MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
- Author
- WILSON, BOB:
- Illustrator
- illus with contemporary,autobiographical b/w+colour photographs.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340830328
- ISBN 13
- 9780340830321
- Publisher
- LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- October 13, 2003
- Keywords
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