Kicking Through the Troubles (Paperback)

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Empire Publications Ltd, Manchester, 2017

190936049X / 9781909360495

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Paperback. From growing up in a warzone to befriending the greatest football manager in the history of the game, John White's story is remarkable. Growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1970s was tough but the prospects for John, a Catholic raised in the Short Strand area of Belfast, were even more restricted. Hemmed in on all sides by Protestants and patrolled on a daily basis by British army forces, John and his neighbours soon learned to make light of the searches, patrols and threats of attack by neighbouring communities, even accepting regular interruptions to games of street football as a daily occurrence. Shining through the darkness was the one thing that united this intensely divided community. It all began with George Best, the pride of the province and hero to every schoolboy in his native Belfast. The greatest player in the world regularly turned out for the national team in the most infamous city in the world at the height of The Troubles and these were the first big football matches John watched as a child. From there it was logical to follow Manchester United's fortunes and a lifelong romance was born as he joined the fortnightly exodus of Irishmen from both sides of the community to Old Trafford. Later, John founded a cross-community Supporters Club with the express aim of uniting Catholics and Protestants and their shared passion for United. It was in this role that he began hosting charity dinners in Belfast and befriending many United legends, foremost among them the Boss, Sir Alex Ferguson. It's fair to say that John's relationship with 'Fergie' was at odds with his fi rebrand media persona. Ever willing to help Irish charities, Sir Alex was a regular at John's events and eventually placed his trust in the Carryduff MUSC to help promote his own charity, The Elizabeth Hardie Ferguson Charitable Trust Fund, named after his late mother. Sir Alex became a regular visitor to John's home in Carryduff and even visited John's father's regular haunt, the local bookmakers shop in the Short Strand. Following the 1997 Good Friday Agreement, much of the daily antagonism of the 1970s has disappeared from Belfast life but not all. As John reflects on his life in the city, he takes a realist's view of the current situation in the Province. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titel
Kicking Through the Troubles (Paperback)
Autor
John David Thomas White
Verlag
Empire Publications Ltd, Manchester
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Zustand
new
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
190936049X
ISBN-13
9781909360495

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