Two Brothers

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Pub Date 7 Sep 2023 | Archive Date 7 Sep 2023

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'A powerful chronicle of the transformation of English football and society through the prism of two very different characters' Irish Times

Jack was open, charismatic, selfish and pig-headed; Bobby was guarded, shy, polite and reserved to the point of reclusiveness. Jack was a gangling central defender who developed a profound tactical intelligence; Bobby an athletic attacking midfielder who disdained systems. Yet the Charlton brothers both enjoyed great success as football players and together, for England, they won the World Cup.

Two Brothers is both the story of the most famous football players of their generation and an account of late-twentieth-century English football: the tensions between flair and industry, between individuality and the collective, between right and left, between middle- and working-classes, between exile and home.

'Wilson is meticulous in providing all manner of nuggets' Sports Books of the Year, The Times

'Gripping' Daily Mail

'Moving... chronicles two remarkable lives' Guardian

'A powerful chronicle of the transformation of English football and society through the prism of two very different characters' Irish Times

Jack was open, charismatic, selfish and pig-headed; Bobby...


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ISBN 9780349144825
PRICE £12.99 (GBP)
PAGES 384

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A brilliant book. The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton from their childhood, through the football years both as players winning the world cup, managerial careers and their later lives. Both brothers suffering from Alzheimer's in later life.
Jack Charlton was the only Englishman Irish people loved he led the country to the World Cup twice! If you haven't read this book pick it up and watch the documentary "Finding Jack Charlton"

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