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  • Collyhurst & Moston Boxing Club: 100 Years

    by John Ludden ...
    'ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL'THIS HAS BEEN THE MOTTO of Collyhurst & Moston Boxing Club for a century and it rings as true today as it did when Harry Fleming founded the club during The Great War. Across the decades the club has trained local tearaways, many of whom went on to become champions, yet perhaps the greatest tribute to the club is that it has remained at the centre of a community that ... Read more

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  • GOMEZ: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

    It's Not a Story, It's My Life!

    by Michael Armstrong, John Ludden ...
    Michael Gomez was a talented featherweight with the world at his feet but his meteoric rise was derailed by his activities outside the ring. Yet he was lucky to be alive at all; born in a car crash into a penniless Irish traveller family, every day was a fight for survival. Then, when he discovered an aptitude for boxing as a child, he was soon knocking out older lads to pay for his dad's booze. ... Read more

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  • A Tale of Two Cities

    by John Ludden ...
    This is the tale of two cities divided by football and united by tragedy. The story begins in enmity when United's Busby Babes face Santiago Bernebeu's Galacticos in the 1957 European Cup semi-final. United were a team made up of hand-reared British and Irish youngsters who had conquered British football with relative ease. They faced Madrid's reigning European Champions led by 'The Blond Arrow' ... Read more

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  • From The Stars

    Sir Matt Busby and the Decline of Manchester United 1968-74

    by John Ludden ...
    On the 29th May 1968 Manchester United won the European Cup, just six years later they were relegated from Division One by one of their own, Denis Law. In his debut novel, acclaimed football writer John Ludden recounts the decline through the eyes of Sir Matt Busby, at once the hero and villain of the piece. How could a man regarded as 'Mr Manchester United' preside over such a sharp decline? ... Read more

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