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KELLY**, MICK: : HOOPED DREAMS - BILLIONAIRES, QPR AND THE PREMIERSHIP PROMISED LAND.** [Stan BOWLES SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.PENNANT BOOKS,2009.

ISBN 9781906015398.

UK,protected,8vo p/back Original,SIGNED, 1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to card cover,but a bold and recognisable,black felt-tip ink,handwritten signature - without dedication - of ex-player Stan Bowles,to half-title page.Protected with a fitted plastic sleeve book cover,a bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,part-matt and part-glossy montaged colour photographic illustrated front card cover with blue+ white striped bands with alternate black or white letters in alternate blue or white stripe,rear cover with white+blue lettered blurb; with no shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - so no nicks,tears or splits and appears to be no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp exceptionally clean - no blemishes,no thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,8vo p/back Original,SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xvipp+1-241pp [paginated] includes author's acknowledgements,a Rodney Marsh (ex-player) foreword,author's introduction,15 chapters+Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] Stan Bowles (ex-player and icon) SIGNED half-title,title page and a dedication page. Visually the exterior appearance is spectacular for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a p/back original,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. An important addition to any or all QPR fan's shelf,and essential reading for such. The epic story of Queens Park Rangers' recent transformation (then 2008/9) - as candidly described by the QPR fans who watched it all unfold down at their beloved Bush. 'Hooped Dreams' charts a year at the eye of the hurricane for Championship football side Queens Park Rangers FC.After standing on the edge of financial ruin and a decade of depressing headlines about huge debts and boardroom rows,the club suddenly found itself among the richest in the world when taken over by billionaires Bernie Ecclestone and Laskshmi Mittal,and multimillionaire Flavio Briatore. A dramatic new chapter in QPR's history begins - but what will be the outcome? The promised land of the Premiership,or a season of shattered dreams? Fans celebrating a winning side on the pitch,or at odds with the new director of their club? 'Hooped Dreams' tells the inside story of one remarkable season,with firsthand accounts from vice-chairman Amit Bhatia, care-taker manager Gareth Ainsworth and star player/fan Lee Cook.We also hear from club legends Rodney Marsh,Stan Bowles and Marc Bircham - as well as QPR fans ranging from the street to the entertainment industry,and Labour Government minister Alan Johnson. Head coaches come and go; controversial departures come out of the blue.All QPR fans want to see their club back where they believe it belongs - but at what cost? Mike Kelly is a television documentary- maker and journalist.He specialises in sport documentaries and has produced factual programmes for all the major TV broadcasters.He is also a lifelong QPR fan. Every football fan knows the name Stan Bowles.'Stan the Man'.The maverick,the troublemaker,the record breaker,the gambler. Bowles was one of the first football 'rock stars',but while some of his high- profile contemporaries from the 1970's have remained in the public eye,Bowles has virtually disappeared.During his days at QPR,Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, amongst others,he was a match-winner.If he remembered to turn up to the match that is! To the modern sermonizing culture,Bowles symbolizes both the good and bad sides of football - a star who wasted his chances. But,he is the kind of man who casually refuses to regret a thing.The punch-ups with management; hanging out with villains; arrests; betting his way into the dole queue; the many professional what-ifs - it's all part of Stan Bowles. The football legend whose qualities were only matched by his flaws. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo p/back Original,SIGNED, 1st edn.
SIGNED - without dedication.

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