{"product_id":"9780571392261","title":"Keegan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFT \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A marvellous tribute to one of the great characters of English football.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eKlopp\u003c\/i\u003e, a funny and insightful look at one of Britain's greatest and strangest football greats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was stranger than he knew - than any of us knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngland captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers' perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d'Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager's job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan considers the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager. A story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure, it is a story too, perhaps, of the fans' quixotic search for a messiah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Klopp:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e'An elegiac memoir [and] a love letter to the great man himself.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Delightful . . . perfectly captures the man's endearing likeability.' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026#38; Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57017344328053,"sku":"9780571392261","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9780571392261.jpg?v=1775051482","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9780571392261","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}