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Headline Book Publishing Ltd 1966 and All That: My Autobiography
How many years of hurt is it now? As England World Cup hero Geoff Hurst relates in his evocative, challenging autobiography <I>1966 and All That</I> hardly a day goes by without someone reminding him of the hat-trick he scored in the Wembley Final that brought football home the last time.<p> <blockquote>The referee had the whistle in his mouth ... Bobby Moore, untroubled and completely in control as usual, chested the ball down, played a short pass to Alan Ball, received the return and looked upfield to see where to play it next. I remember Jack Charlton screaming at him, Kick the f****** thing out of the ground!</blockquote>&l t;p> Moore didn't, of course. With the final seconds ticking away he conjured a perfect pass to the galloping Hurst--the young West Ham striker with just seven international caps, who found himself spearheading Alf Ramsey's wingless wonders in English football's biggest ever game.<p> The rest you probably think you know, but <I>1966 and All That</I> is far from a rehash of rosy memories of the glory days. Hurst reflects on the Ramsey years with a critical eye, relating it all with refreshing candour--Ramsey's fierce loyalty to his players, matched only by his failure to grasp the first principles of public and personal relations; the anguish of Jimmy Greaves, the man Hurst controversially replaced; England's rise and fall, which saw Ramsey sacked in 1974--along the way revealing sides of legends like Pele, Beckenbauer, Banks and the Charltons, that put flesh on the fables, including the inside take on one of the most bizarre stories in World Cup history, when England captain Moore was arrested for jewellery theft at the 1970 tournament.<p> There's also plenty of fascinating, forthright stuff on the forgotten Hurst--his phenomenal scoring record at club level, (though spending the bulk of his career at West Ham and Stoke kept medals to a minimum); a management career which will probably be best remembered for an acrimonious dismissal by Chelsea, that ended up in the courts; and his involvement in promoting England's 2006 World Cup bid, which provides a revealing glimpse at the political machinery driving football's world authorities.<p> Hurst has plenty to say--not least on the England players who have inherited the weight of expectation he helped create in 1966--and the status accorded to a living sporting legend gives him the licence to speak freely. It's a combination that makes for engrossing reading. --<I>Alex Hankin</I>
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Headline Book Publishing Ltd 1966 and All That
Pages: 352, Hardcover, Headline Book Publishing Ltd
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Headline Book Publishing Ltd World Champions: Relive the Glorious Summer of 1966
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Headline Book Publishing Ltd 1966 and All That
Pages: 448, Paperback, Headline Book Publishing Ltd
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Headline Book Publishing Ltd 1966 and All That: My Autobiography
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