Money can't buy us love /
by Buckland, Gavin [author.].
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BookPublisher: Liverpool : deCoubertin Books, 2019Description: 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781909245594 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 796.334 BUCSubject(s): Everton Football Club -- History | Soccer -- England -- Liverpool -- History | Sport | SportSummary: When the wealthy Littlewoods corporation owner John Moores took control of Everton Football Club in 1960 it set in motion a chain of events that still affect the game in this country today. Although big clubs had spent money before, none had done so with such naked short-term ambition and a ruthlessness to succeed that sent shockwaves through the previously stagnant world of English football. 'Money Can't Buy Us Love' tells the tale of how Moores and manager Harry Catterick took the so-called 'Mersey Millionaires' to the summit of English football, in the context of the major cultural changes of the time.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.334 BUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003032644X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.334 BUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003033342X |
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| 796.334 BEN Champions League dreams | 796.334 BEN Red card : FIFA and the fall of the most powerful men in sports / | 796.334 BER Everton greats: | 796.334 BUC Money can't buy us love / | 796.334 BUS Football leaks : uncovering the dirty deals behind the beautiful game / | 796.334 CAL The nowhere men | 796.334 CAL No hunger in paradise : the players : the journey : the dream / |
When the wealthy Littlewoods corporation owner John Moores took control of Everton Football Club in 1960 it set in motion a chain of events that still affect the game in this country today. Although big clubs had spent money before, none had done so with such naked short-term ambition and a ruthlessness to succeed that sent shockwaves through the previously stagnant world of English football. 'Money Can't Buy Us Love' tells the tale of how Moores and manager Harry Catterick took the so-called 'Mersey Millionaires' to the summit of English football, in the context of the major cultural changes of the time.
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