John Lyall电子书

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Foreword

A Life In Football

Introduction

Chapter 1

A happy childhood

New home in Essex

A good start in life

Growing up in post-war East London

Buy an ice-cream or take the bus?

Practice makes perfect

Boyhood dreams

Chapter 2

A very happy teenager

We never had it so good?

A new life at Upton Park

Back in the top flight

Left-back - me?

First team debut at last

1960-61 - My best ever season

Farewell to Ted Fenton

Chapter 3

A new dawn at Upton Park

A fine romance

Back at work

The Reverend Ron

The Academy takes shape

Injuries take their toll

The dream begins to fade

Cold war and cold feet

A shattered dream

Chapter 4

A true ‘family’ club

Pretty bubbles in the air

A future at Upton Park

At last - a return to Wembley

Back at the Office

European Night of Glory!

Chapter 5

Learning from the master

Beer, Blackpool and Brian London

Into a new era Ron

Passing on the baton: iron fist in a velvet glove

Chapter 6

A change of mood

Passing on the baton

The 1975 FA Cup Final: West Ham v Fulham

Chapter 7

Managing expectations

Using ideas as my map

Home alone

Lyall’s European Adventure

Heysel here we come!

Chapter 8

Facing the Future

After the Lord Mayor’s show

The Hammers stay loyal to their beleaguered manager

Psycho arrives in the big city

A memorable season

A worthy successor to Ken Brown

Chapter 9

In Claret and Blue Dreamland

Chapter 10

Back to the top flight

Lyall’s cup runs over - almost

The 1981 League Cup Final

April Fool’s Day

‘Night of havoc’

Pleasing Mr Len

Happy days!

Two great signings

The early 1980s

Life without Trevor

Chapter 11

The QPR affair

The Boys of ‘86

No prizes for coming third

A new challenge

Bonzo’s last season

Where do we go from here?

Chapter 12

John, you’re fired!

The players close ranks

The fans’ view

Time to move on

Chapter 13

Time for reflection

Precious thinking time

Back to work

Chapter 14

A new challenge up the A12

New broom

A day out at Portman Road

Laying the groundwork

Management on a shoe-string

John Wark returns to Portman Road

Promotion to the Premier League

Chapter 15

The Premiership comes to Portman Road

Old Trafford welcomes the Tractor Boys

The Lyalls go house-hunting

A call from Sir Alex

Life without Jason

Taking a step back

Lyall shuffle’s his pack

Lyall leaves Town in shock

Highs and lows at Portman Road

Chapter 16

A life away from football

Tragedy strikes

Epilogue

At last, a fitting tribute

Last word

Back Matter

Chronology

Bibliography

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