The Football Village: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Glenbuck and Its Famous Sons

by Adam Powley and Robert Gillan

Glenbuck is a name that resonates through the history of soccer in Britain. Once a tiny village in the Ayrshire coalfields, it produced an unprecedented roll call of professional players. Its most famous son, Bill Shankly, shaped not just Liverpool's destiny, but exerted a huge influence on the evolution of the modern game. And yet virtually all that remains of "Shanks's" birthplace is his marble memorial. Glenbuck has not only been physically erased...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785310704
• ISBN13: 9781785310706
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.3"