I'll be reading from The Last Champions and talking about the book, the charge to the 91-92 title and subsequent changes in football at Waterstone's in Leeds from 7pm on the evening of June 20. The event is free: you just need to call the store to reserve tickets. Hopefully it will be as successful as last year's launch, where LUFC's former commercial director/chairman Bill Fotherby came down to share even more eyebrow-raising and hilarious stories that aren't in the book.
Details of the 20 June event here http://www.list.co.uk/event/20423048-dave-simpson-author-event/
The Last Champions
The Last Champions
Friday, 31 May 2013
Thursday, 9 May 2013
WILKINSON V FERGUSON, 1992: David slays Goliath.
Alex Ferguson's achievements speak for themselves, but Howard Wilkinson's triumph against the odds in 1992 must not be forgotten... When I was researching The Last Champions, I wanted to know precisely what those odds were and, among other things, unearthed these extraordinary stats.
TRANSFER FEES OF PLAYERS FEATURING IN THE TWO LEAGUE FIXTURES BETWEEN
LEEDS UNITED AND MANCHESTER UNITED, 1991-92
LEEDS UNITED MANCHESTER
UNITED
John Lukic
£1m
Peter Schmeichel
£505,000
Mel Sterland
£600,000
Paul Parker
£2m
Tony Dorigo £1.3m
Denis Irwin
£625,000
David Batty
£0
Neil Webb
£1.5m
John McClelland
£110,000
Steve Bruce £825,000
Chris Whyte
£400,000
Gary Pallister £2.3m
Gordon Strachan
£200,000
Bryan Robson £1.5m
Rod Wallace
£1.6m Paul
Ince
£1m
Lee Chapman
£400,000
Mark Hughes £1.8m
Gary McAllister
£1m
Brian McClair £850,000
Gary Speed
£0
Clayton Blackmore £0
Chris Fairclough
£500,000
Andrei Kanchelskis £650,000
(subs)
Steve Hodge
£900,000
Ryan Giggs £0
Mike
Phelan
£750,000
Lee Sharpe £200,000
Mal
Donaghy £650,000
TOTAL
£8,100,000
£15,155,000
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