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Saturday Bloody Saturday
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
February 1974. Football manager Charlie Gordon is struggling, and with each defeat the sack gets closer. His greatness as a player counts for nothing with directors, fans or the number two who is after his job. Things are no better off the field, and after a failed marriage and the loss of a child, he is taking more and more consolation in alcohol. Only a decent cup run is keeping him in work.
But how to turn things around with the same players who got him here in the first place? Can he trust this remarkable but often unreliable mix of characters to save him? Footballers fall into two categories - artists or assassins. With the next round of the cup at Chelsea away, he will soon find out which of his players, from homesick teenage starlet Willie Buchanan to playboy record signing DD Marland, can deliver for him.
Meanwhile, as the country prepares for a general election, one of the most audacious and high-profile political assassinations in the IRA's history is being planned in London. An active service unit of two men and a woman await the critical signal to proceed. Now both teams - the IRA's and Charlie's - converge on the capital for a result that will alter everyone's lives irrevocably, with consequences far beyond football.
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- Gus Maclean
- 14-02-18
A great listen
Brilliant listen couldn't stop after I started loved how all the characters came into play
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- Ian J.
- 22-08-24
A good yarn
I enjoyed this book, I thought the story was something a bit different. I’m not totally convinced the accents were always consistent or accurate but the book as a whole was a good yarn.
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- Mario G.
- 14-08-21
Good book, good story & well read!
Good book, good story & well read, definitely worth while for me as really enjoyed it! 👍👍👍👏👏👏
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- Tony Barker
- 22-03-18
what a thriller loved it
Best football book I have read great story brilliant narrator and memorable characters more please would like to follow teams progress in the FA cup
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- Brian
- 18-04-18
disappointed
I had such high hopes but was left disappointed with the depth of the storyline.
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- Geoff Craig
- 08-03-19
Ok if you you are a football fan
The production is well performed but the story line is full of general football cliche of life in the 60/70 ‘s and a predictable ending.
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