GEORGE BEST AND 21 OTHERS.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,matt,white background with red+black lettering and contemporary b/w sports photographic illustrated wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and the book is minimally cocked. Top +fore-edges bright and clean: contents bright,tight and near pristine.Publisher's bright,clean,unblemished, original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-370pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages, dedication,contents list/ table,acknowledgements,b/w team(s) sketch/plan - Man Utd.+ Man City youth teams,1964 FA Youth Cup,dramatis personae,a prologue,11 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp178/79,end credits and an index. In the spring of 1964,Britain was experiencing huge social change.In music and politics,in fashion and sexual mores the old certainties of postwar Britain were being overturned.In Manchester,the excitement of the new was generated by its football because both United and City had developed youth teams,packed with local lads,that were the best in the country. An incredible 50,000 fans were drawn to the two legs of the 1964 FA Youth Cup semi-final when the Manchester clubs met each other,the buzz in the city created by the chance of identifying their exciting prospects.One teenager in particular,George Best,had already suggested some of the glories that were to come,but there were many others for whom stardom seemed to beckon.In all, seventeen of them went on to make their first team debuts,but for only a few did things turn out as they hoped that night. Colin Shindler recounts the story of the tie,finding out how the players got there and what happened to them afterwards,using the vivid memories of those who took part.He reveals how little has changed in the forty years since: football is still a harsh business that shatters dreams of all but a very lucky few,discarding any that fail to make the grade.Some,like Glyn Pardoe,were forced out through injury after great success: some,like Jimmy Rimmer,would go on to win glory elsewhere: some slipped out of the game entirely.And George Best? Whatever happened to him . . . .? 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. **