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Martin Howey and David Bond
Foreword by Charlie Hurley

With a foreword by the legendary Charlie Hurley, writers Martin Howey and David Bond offer a special insight into the history of Sunderland Football Club in Meet Me in the Roker End, revealing the stories of the long-serving captain who thought that his manager was a schizophrenic, another Roker skipper who spent 25 years working offshore and yet another famous leader whose manager ordered him to work as a builder!

Then there are the tales of the England international who spent the night at Joan Collins’ house, the star inside-forward who used Mickey Spillane detective novels as shinpads, the big-time buy whose afternoons were spent playing one-a-side with the great Bill Shankly and the all-time great who turned out to be a dab hand with a feather duster in the office.

There are also the stories about the prolific goalscorer who was robbed of an international cap and goal by an FA ruling, the Sunderland legend who was portrayed on a postage stamp, the player who sparked a diplomatic incident on a foreign trip by signing his name as ‘Eggs and Bread’, the FA Cup winner who was an expert tap dancer and the winger who studied poultry-keeping. Read what former players have to say about the friction between all-time favourites Len Shackleton and Trevor Ford and what life was like in the 1960s dressing room when there was a clash of personalities between Player of the Century Charlie Hurley and the richly talented but wayward Jim Baxter.

Hardback - Size: 234 x 156mm - 240 Pages - Approx. 30 photographs - ISBN: 1-904091-08-3


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