In 1968, Yorkshire County Cricket Club was the dominant force in English cricket, yet by 1986 it had slid to become one of the game's also-rans. The War of the White Roses tells the story in full from a completely neutral perspective for the first time. With insight from inside the dressing room, committee room, and from the terraces, it tells how two decades of fierce infighting caused so much damage it took almost 30 years to recapture those past glories. The period from 1968 to 1986 was scarred by bitterness, pettiness, and jealousy as civil war broke out with one of the county's greatest-ever players, the brilliant but divisive Geoffrey Boycott, at the center of the story. He is just one of the many interviewees to contribute from both sides of the divide, looking at the personal feuds and political machinations of the period, and examining just how they contributed to the team's fall from grace.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
ISBN-10
1785311166
ISBN-13
9781785311161
eBay Product ID (ePID)
224857224
Product Key Features
Author
Stuart Rayner
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Ball Games: Field & Outdoor
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Hove
Content Note
Separate Picture Section of Up to 25 Images
Author Biography
Stuart Rayner began his journalistic career as a sports sub-editor on the Liverpool Echo before joining The Journal as a sports writer in 2005. Since 2009 he has also written for sister papers the Newcastle Chronicle and Sunday Sun.