Flight to Bogotá

Flight to Bogotá

Subtitle:
England's Football Rebel, Neil Franklin
By:
John Leonard
Price:
£12.99
Out:
ISBN:
9781785316548
Format:
Paperback
Size:
216 x 138
Pages:
256

Description

Flight to Bogotá charts an infamous episode in sports history, when UK footballers turned their backs on club and country before the 1950 World Cup for a sporting El Dorado. England’s Neil Franklin led the rebellion, only to return home with his career in tatters. But the players’ vociferous defence of their behaviour enlightened a shocked nation.

About the author

John Leonard is a news and sports journalist of more than 30 years’ experience, spending most of his career at ITN as a programme editor for both ITV News and 5 News. Earlier in his career he worked as a sports news editor for ITN. His other books include Tony Waddington: Director of a Working Man’s Ballet and Fair Game? Tackling Politics in Sport, both published by Pitch.  

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