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The Fabulous Baker Boys : The Greatest Strikers Scotland Never Had
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maxwell, Tom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baker, Gerry, 1938-.
- Baker, Joe, 1940-2003.
- Soccer players--Scotland--Biography.
- Soccer players.
- Baker, Gerry, 1938-2013.
- Baker, Gerry.
- Baker, Joe.
- Local Subjects:
- Baker, Gerry, 1938-.
- Baker, Joe, 1940-2003.
- Soccer players--Scotland--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Other Title:
- Fabulous Baker Boys
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Birlinn, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With a total of more than 500 goals in careers that saw them turn out for the likes of Hibernian, St Mirren, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Torino, Joe and Gerry Baker are two of the greatest strikers Scotland never had. While Liverpool-born Hibs legend Joe became the first man to make his England debut having never played in the English league, his US-born brother Gerry, a hero of St Mirren''s Scottish Cup-winning side of 1959, was the first top-flight European footballer to turn out for the USA. Even though he spoke with a broad Scottish accent, Joe was in Alf Ramsey''s initial squad
- Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright and Dedication page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Denis Law; Acknowledgements; Prologue: 'We ain't that bad, are we?'; 1 Birth-wrong; 2 Finishing School; 3 Bridge of Sighs; 4 Easter Comes Early; 5 Cooking with Motherwell; 6 The Yank of Love Street; 7 Lion Cub; 8 London Calling; 9 Back Home; 10 Mad for It; 11 Beautiful Horizon; 12 Raging Bull; 13 Baker's Brother; 14 Tractor Boy; 15 Indefensible; 16 Taking on the World; 17 Star-spangled Banter; 18 Zigger-Zagger; 19 Mackem Misery; 20 Second Coming; 21 What Now?; 22 Lost Fairway
- Epilogue: End of the LineAfterword by Nadia and Colin Baker; Club Career: Gerry Baker; Club Career: Joe Baker; International Career: Gerry Baker; International Career: Joe Baker; Baker versus Baker; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781495651120
- 1495651126
- 9780857906571
- 0857906577
- OCLC:
- 887498800
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