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Murrayfield, the Calcutta Cup, March 1990. England vs. Scotlandâ€"winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Will Carling's England are the very embodiment of Margaret Thatcher's Britainâ€"snarling, brutish, and all-conquering. Scotland are the underdogsâ€"second-class citizens from a land that's become the testing ground for the most unpopular tax in living memory: Thatcher's Poll Tax. Fifteen men in blue jerseys are plotting the downfall of the English oppressors. In Edinburgh, nationalism is rising highâ€"what happens in the stadium will resound far beyond the pitch. The Grudge brilliantly recaptures a day that has gone down in his! tory. This is the real story of an extraordinary game, told with astounding insight and almost unprecedented access to key players, coaches, and supporters on both sides (Will Carling, Ian McGeechan, Brian Moore, and the rest). Tom English has produced a gripping account of a titanic struggle that thrusts the reader right into the heart of the action. Game on.
Match magazine is far and away the biggest selling football magazine for boys; but the success story began all the way back in 1979 -- when the 300,000 parents who buy the Match Annual every year for their children, were football-mad children themselves...Match: Best of the '80s is a funny, fond look back through the Match archives at a decade of big football stories, and even bigger mullets...From the great British triumphs in Europe (Liverpool and Aston Villa), to the classic world cups in Spain and Mexico, to regular columns from Kevin Keegan and Glenn Hoddle, this is the perfect accompaniment to the bestselli! ng children's Annual: the chance to tick several generations o! f your f amily off the Christmas list at the same time!From the UK's most popular football magazine comes the essential annual for fans of the beautiful game. Packed with all of Match's best-loved features including Matchman, the magazine's resident cartoon character, plus all the usual quizzes, games, and posters of the top players and teams that readers love. Match is the annual that all fans want and all the football stars want to be in!
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