Standing on the shoulders of giants : a cultural analysis of Manchester United / Søren Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Søren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology: sport & leisure.

Football (Soccer, Association football).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2013]

Summary:

A unique thematic history of Manchester United from the club's creation as humble Newton Heath in 1878 to its status as the world's greatest football brand, this book gets to the essence of the heart and soul of the club. Key topics explored include the club's ability to rise from the ashes, commitment to youth, propensity for an adventurous style of football, glamour, and commercialization and aggressive marketing. An intelligent and thought-provoking narrative of Manchester United exploring its cultural history within the broader cultural framework of globalization, working class traditions, mythology and the Munich Air Disaster, and pop culture. Soren Frank introduces a football aesthetics that examines and discusses what sets Manchester United apart in regard to football philosophy. It contains microanalyses of some of the most fascinating matches or moments, as well as original portraits of some of the club's greatest players, all of this peppered with fascinating statistical facts in the club's history.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Introduction

1878 Newton Heath and the difficult beginning

2 March 1901 Major, Mangnall and the Championship

21 December 1931 The long weekend and James W. Gibson's Monday

15 February 1945 Matt Busby's arrival at Old Trafford

9 June 1952 Duncan from Dudley and Busby's Babes

6 February 1957 Today England, tomorrow Europe

6 February 1958 The Munich tragedy

14 January 1964 Champagne Louis and the butcher's boy

29 May 1968 The quest for the Holy Grail

21 May 1977 The years of instability

30 December 1978 The birth of fascination: an autobiographical fantasy

3 October 1981 Captain Marvel and Don Ron

7 January 1990 The spark that ignites the return

26 November 1992 The magic of coincidence and the French alchemist

9 April 1995 Commercial cup

26 May 1999 The Treble

6 August 2003 The Portuguese connection

10 April 2007 A new history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire

21 May 2008 The red circles come together

22 August 2011 A new brood of Babes are born

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

eCopyright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4081-8743-4

OCLC:

864822865