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United
Nations? Around the Manchester United World in 80 games |
| By
Tim Webber |
Publishers
Know the Score Books |
2009 |
| Tim
Webber, a diehard Red, travels the World and tells the story
of his encounters with fellow United fans in places as far
flung as India, Vietnam, South Africa and Las Vegas. A cracking
story, entertaining and very different to most 'fan's journals'
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Devil
Worship: A Fan's Voyage with the 2008/2009 Manchester United
Red Devils |
| By
Kevin Leyland |
Publishers
World Audience Inc |
2009 |
This
is an excellent first book by a young, American follower of
Manchester United and gives a great insight into the difficulties
of following football in a country where 'football' means
something completely different to the rest of the World.
The book tells the story of the 2008/9 Premiership winning
season on a match by match basis, but from the perspective
of a man who finds nearly every game a serious logistical
challenge. Kevin has to be ultra resourceful to watch his
team from the other side of the 'Pond' and uses every method
available to the modern man to keep abreast of the Reds' progress.
His humorous, informative and passionate account is a joy
to read and should be compulsory reading for all those away
fans who rubbish non-Manc Reds and gleefully chant "We
support our local team"! |
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United
We Stand - Red Recollections |
| By
Graham McColl |
Publishers
Manchester United |
2002 |
| Red
Recollections is a unique look at the development of Manchester
United through the eyes of players, supporters, ground staff,
and journalists who have witnessed either first hand or via
the media the significant moments for both them and the club
throughout Manchester United's life. It will reveal their
thoughts on the great teams, managers, players and events
in the club's history and capture some of the flavour and
atmosphere of life behind the scenes, on the field, in the
dressing room and on the terraces at Old Trafford during a
variety of eras. Includes interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson,
Lou Macari, Les Kershaw, Peter Kenyon, and many players and
fans, famous and not so famous. |
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Sir Alex, United and Me |
| By
Andy Pacino |
Publishers
Empire |
2002 |
| Manchester
United fans have a fickle reputation. Players are often singled
out for criticism while others can get away with murder. This
was never truer than in the late 1980s when Ferguson, following
a stuttering start to his Old Trafford career, was scapegoated
by supporters. Here the author, one of the few to have actively
supported United's manager during this bleak period, details
his remarkable relationship with United's legendary manager.
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My
Big Lily |
| By
Keith Norris |
Publishers
Big Lily Productions |
2002 |
| A
fan's story of his travels with the huge banner known as Big
Lily. Foreword by Paddy Crerand who quotes, "Supporters
are the lifeblood of Manchester United. Keith Norris is an
ardent supporter and I wish him every success with this truly
outstanding book." |
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Three
In A Row - A Fan's Eye View of United's Championship Hat-trick |
| By
Paul Windridge & Linda Harvey |
Publishers
Empire |
2001 |
| A
season of triumph for United or one of frustrated ambition?
The jury is still out on season 2000-01, if only because another
championship was followed by a hasty Champions League exit
and trouble between Alex Ferguson and the board. When Sir
Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three championships
in a row, it set the seal on another successful season at
Old Trafford. From August to the start of the New Year, United
were as irresistible as usual. But by Spring, despite an imminent
championship, there were rumours that United's most successful
manager of all time had fallen out with the board. Following
United's exit from the Champions League, the grumbling at
boardroom and terrace level grew to fever pitch. So much so
that by the final fixture of the season rumour and theory
had replaced sanity on the terraces, with most fans convinced
'the Wizard' was on his way out. As ever there's rarely a
dull moment at Old Trafford. From the debate over standing
to the creeping (and not so creeping) commercialism within
the club, to the threats made by Trafford Borough Council
and the arrival of a new chairman, United supporters had more
to worry about than mere football. Linda Harvey and Paul Windridge
write passionately about the events that mattered to United
fans last season. From the ecstasy of a 6-1 romp against championship
rivals Arsenal to the agony of defeat in Munich via a brief
return for hated rivals Manchester City. Experience the highs
and lows of Sir Alex Ferguson's penultimate season in charge. |
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A
Seat In The Crowd - The Story of the 1999-2000 Season |
| By
Paul Windridge & Linda Harvey |
Publishers
Trafford |
2000 |
| A
Seat in the Crowd is about travelling the length and breadth
of England and Europe to watch Manchester United. It is about
the lifelong journey of two supporters (with the help of one
or two friends along the way) who have been following their
club for over 40 years each. |
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If
You Can Dream - Manchester United Through the Words of Kipling |
| By
John J Maguire |
Publishers
John Maguire |
2000 |
| 40
page pamphlet taking each line of Kipling's poem "If"
as the basis for essays on 'Red' situations and personalities. |
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United
in 2000 - The Reds Fans' Review of the Season |
| By
Richard Kurt and Steve Black |
Publishers
Mainstream |
2000 |
| This
unofficial review of Manchester United Football Club, includes
all the stats, full match reports, and every single game home
and away, friendly or crunch clash, is reported from where
it counts - in the thick of the fans, roaring on the team.
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Reds
In The Hood |
| By
Terry Christian |
Publishers
Andre Deutsch |
2000 |
| Terry
Christian's second book, Reds in the Hood, reflects his earlier
years and devotion to Manchester United. He recreates a city
with a raw glamour, a club with a temperamental brilliance
and an Irish Catholic upbringing with some rough edges.'
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If
The Kids Are United |
| By
Tony Hill |
Publishers
Phoenix Press |
2000 |
| "If
the Kids are United" is the memoir of a pre-glory days
Manchester United fan growing up a considerable way from Old
Trafford. It gives an account of growing up in a once thriving
mining community in the wilderness years of Thatcher's Britain.
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Not
For Sale: United For United: Murdoch and the defeat of BskyB |
| By
Adam Brown and Andy Walsh |
Publishers
Mainstream |
1999 |
| Describing
in detail how the audacious attempt by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB
television company to buy Manchester United was halted, this
book draws on a variety of sources to track the events following
the announcement of the bid. It examines the reaction of both
the media and the football world to the astonishing outcome.
After seven months of hard campaigning and a coalition of
forces centred around the independent Manchester United Supporters
Association, the British Government was forced to block the
bid and save the club from becoming another of Murdoch's many
conquests. |
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European
Glory 1968-1999: United's European Triumphs |
| Edited
By Barney Chilton |
Publishers
Juma |
1999 |
| Eyewitness
accounts of United's 1968 and 1999 European Triumphs capturing
the emotions, the tales, and the remarkable exploits as more
than thirty United fans recount their memories from that greatest
of footballing nights. |
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United!
Despatches From Old Trafford |
| By
Richard Kurt |
Publishers
Mainstream |
1999 |
| A
collection of pieces written for Manchester United supporters
throughout the glorious 1990s by Richard Kurt, stalwart of
the top fanzine "Red Issue" and author of seven
books on the club. Read as a whole, the book seeks to carry
the reader along the journey from United's first Premiership
title to the edge of the new millennium, an alternative fan's-eye
history of a sensational footballing era at Old Trafford.
The pieces sum of the United experience from every angle:
in-depth studies of major personalities and events; comic
romps at the expense of rivals or unloved club personnel;
snapshots of life both on and off the Old Trafford park; and,
as a constant theme, the story of the progressive disenfranchisement
of the traditional United fan which culminated in the club
being put up for sale. |
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Keep
The Red Flag Flying High - The Unofficial Story of United
in Europe |
| By
Richard Kurt & Chris Nickeas |
Publishers
Mainstream |
1999 |
| Richard
Kurt's superb story of United's 1996-97 season, dominated
by another challenge for the European Champions Cup. The book
follows the team's travels around Europe, and places their
current battles in the context of the club's history. This
book seems incredibly hard to track down. |
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Red
Voices |
| By
Stephen F Kelly |
Publishers
Headline |
1999 |
| In
this text, Stephen Kelly has spoken to those for whom Manchester
United means so much; the employees - from chairman Martin
Edwards to the programme sellers; the players and managers;
and the fans, from those who remember the club in the inter-war
years to contemporary celebrity supporters. The hardcover
(pictured left) was released in March 1999. A paperback version
was released in March 2000. |
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Manchester
United Ruined My Life |
| By
Colin Shindler |
Publishers
Headline |
1998 |
Colin
Shindler recalls the problems of growing up in an Orthodox
Jewish family in central Manchester in the 1950s and 1960s
- as a Manchester City fan, permanently under the shadow of
Manchester United.
A paperback version was released in 1999. |
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The
Red Army Songbook: The History of United in Song |
| By
Peter Boyle |
Publishers
Sigma |
1998 |
| Pete
Boyle's 1998 collection of United songs and chants.
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If
The Reds Should Play...in Rome or Mandalay: Travelling Across
Europe With United |
| By
Peter Boyle |
Publishers
Juma |
1997 |
| Taking
every major United Euro-away from 1976 - 1997 as each chapter,
a series of authors (from hooligans to little old ladies and
ex-players) tell their hilarious tales. |
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