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Middlesbrough football books and dvds and a virtual aerial tour of the the Riverside. Great books about current and former Middlesbrough players and Boro managers and the history of Middlesbrough football club.
Top recommended books include The Little Book of Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough Official Yearbook, Jimmy: The Autobiography of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink plus many more in the Middlesbrough online bookshop
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The Little Book of Middlesbrough
"The Little Book of Boro" is a neat collection of words of wit and wisdom by and about Middlesbrough FC's players, managers and officials, past and present. From Brian Clough and Sir Bobby Robson waxing lyrical about pre-war Boro legend Wilf Mannion to musings on the financial difficulties of the 1980s through to the club's spectacular revival under Chairman Steve Gibson, this highly entertaining book contains over 130 Teeside football quotes. Each quotation will be dated and attributed to its source and, where appropriate, entries will be accompanied by explanatory asides and/or supporting statistics. The sayings will appear in no particular order, but where connections and themes emerge these will be taken into account.
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Middlesbrough Official Yearbook
The "Middlesbrough FC Official Yearbook 2006/07" is the definitive guide to Boro football. Through 192 full-colour pages, the book provides a comprehensive review of the 2005/06 season, with match reports from all competitions, player profiles and a review of the other 19 teams in the Premiership. Following in the Sidan Press tradition, the book is packed with page after page of beautifully designed charts and innovative statistics, getting fans closer than ever to the team they love. This is cutting-edge content you simply won't find anywhere else! A special message from the manager and general club information round out this impressive publication. The hardcover binding ensures it is a book Boro fans will treasure for years to come.
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Jimmy: The Autobiography of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
The autobiography of football's 'Mr Cool', the former Leeds and Chelsea striker, who now plays for Middlesbrough. In the summer of 2000, Hasselbaink returned to the Premiership to play for Chelsea - a record GBP15 million signing - after spending a season with Atletico Madrid in Spain. A predator in front of goal, Jerrell, as his mother calls him, had made his name in Portugal with Boavista, before George Graham snapped him up for Leeds in summer 1997. His goalscoring made him an instant hero at Elland Road, a status he lost when he asked to leave the club because they wouldn't pay him enough. There can be fewer more single-minded strikers in the world, a character trait that does not always endear him to team-mates. In his book, Hasselbaink is forthright about his time at Leeds, and how he felt betrayed by the club and its fans despite the fact that he was their leading scorer for two seasons. After a GBP12 million transfer to Atletico Madrid, and despite playing in a relegated side in La Liga, he finished up as the top scorer, and was snapped up by Chelsea as soon as the 1999/2000 season had finished. He immediately proved his worth by winning the Premiership's golden boot award for the 2000/01 season. In the summer of 2004, a new coach at Chelsea in the form of Jose Mourinho meant that Hasselbaink's days at the club were numbered, and a transfer to Middlesbrough opened up a new chapter in his life. Hasselbaink talks candidly about his fellow professionals in the game: the likes of David O'Leary, Claudio Ranieri, Gianfranco Zola, Roman Abramovich and Steve McClaren, plus his troubled times with the Dutch national team. He is also open about his taste for casino gambling and the clubbing scene and his private life, including his parents' divorce and his daughter in Amsterdam.
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