Determined

Author:

By Norman Whiteside

Format:

Hardback (Paperback)

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Price:

£18.99

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Football, Biography, Norman Whiteside, Everton FC, Manchester United FC, Northern Ireland

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Further Details

• Published: 9th Aug 2007
• ISBN: 0755315960
• Pages: 320
• Size: 234mm x 153mm

From Word of Sport:

Despite career highs including a World Cup appearance at the age of 17 and scoring the winning goal in the 1995 FA Cup Final, the career of Norman Whiteside is one of unfulfilled talent. A bear of a man before he'd finished being a boy, injuries eventually took their toll and he was forced to retire at the scandalously young age of 26. His take on the early years of Ferguson's regime should be intriguing, especially as he's often cited as one of the players responsible for the club's supposed drink culture.

From the Publisher:

Norman Whiteside is more than a cult hero to Manchester United fans. In eight years with the club he came to embody their aspirations to such an extent that he was embraced as their on-field representative, the supporter on the pitch.

This, Whiteside's first autobiography, will focus on his impact at Manchester United and reveal the workings of the club from 1980 to 1990 and his insights into the club in the years since he returned. His story is unusual in that after retiring at the age of 25 due to injury, he went back to full-time education and now has a second career as a podiatrist. There are many unforgettable images of his footballing career, among them the astonishing performance of the seventeen-year-old usurper of Pele's World Cup record as Northern Ireland beat Spain in Valencia in 1982