CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

1 Man and Boy

2 Tactics in the Teacups

3 Hammer Horror

4 Running Wild

5 Part-time Love

6 Pilgrim’s Progress

7 Whines and Women

8 Made in Manchester

9 Anatomy of a Championship

10 Paradise City

11 Cup Kings

12 The Birth of Big Mal

13 The End of the Affair

14 Sinking Feeling

15 Out of the Blues

16 Crying Game

17 Cat in the Hat Meets the Bird in the Bath

18 You Can’t Go Back

19 North-East Frontier

20 Rovers Return

21 No More Games

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