Manchester disunited : trouble and takeover at the world's richest football club /
"Mihir Bose, who has had unparalleled access to people who have made Manchester United what it is today, tells the full story of trouble and transition at this mighty sporting institution."--BOOK JACKET.
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2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue : the terminator arrives at Old Trafford
- Pt. 1.
- The new red devils : the men who remade Manchester United
- 1.
- The heavy burden of glory
- 2.
- A lucky escape from Walter Mitty
- 3.
- The Ringo Starr of football and his manager
- 4.
- Dropping Bobby and the struggle to float
- 5.
- The third man
- the man from White Hart Lane
- 6.
- Boardroom shenanigans
- Pt. 2.
- Rupert Murdoch, George Best and Bobby Moore
- Sky's tears and fans' joy
- 7.
- A lunch from the canteen
- 8.
- A drink in the basement bar
- 9.
- Keeping the secret
- 10.
- The leak
- 11.
- The storm breaks
- 12.
- The done deal?
- 13.
- The revenge of the raggy-arsed fans
- Pt. 3.
- Irish eyes are not smiling
- 14.
- The Irish are coming
- 15.
- Edwards loses, Ferguson wins
- 16.
- A champion horse and a wandering Swede
- 17.
- 2003
- United's Annus Horribilis
- 18.
- The search for a white knight
- Pt. 4.
- The knockout strategy
- 19.
- The Christmas breakthrough
- 20.
- The futile search for Merlin
- 21.
- The burden of Wayne and the curse of Liam
- 22.
- How Rothschild rescued the Glazers' dream
- 23.
- A slow decline or a new dawn?