Table of Contents

Ghosting for the Dying Daily Sketch; Alf's 'Special' Lady-Lady Vic; The Sacking of Alf; Eusebio-The Explosive Portuguese with Fast Muscle; Takes Two to Tango as the Argentinians discovered; Nobby Keeps the Black Panther in Check; If Jimmy Armfield Was Fit, Would He Have Captained England?; The Day it all Happened; The Immaculate and Much Loved Gary Sobers; Charlie Griffith Plays Skittles at Hove; The Selectors Start Sacking the Captains; Butchered at Trent Bridge; The Demon Barber Recalled; With Close on to the Oval; Was Gary Sobers a Good Test Captain?.

About the Author

Brian Scovell was born in St Lawrence, IOW where Charles Dickens holidayed and graduated to be one of the nation's outstanding sports writer for the 'Daily Sketch' and 'Daily Mail' (1960-2000). Between 1966 and today he has had 27 sporting books published, four short listed by the British Sports Books Awards and was Highly Commended in the Sports Journalism Awards in 1990. He is the only person to have chaired both the Football Writers' Association and the Cricket Writers' Club, is an MCC coach and FA coach and lectures at universities, schools and professional and sports clubs.