89: Arsenal’s Greatest Moment, Told in Our Own Words Audiobook (Free)

Presented by Penguin.

This audiobook edition is narrated by Alan Davies.

FOREWORD BY THIERRY HENRY

Anfield, May 26th 1989.

The final day of the Division One season. The rest of football ended to view as perennial champions Liverpool took on rank outsiders Arsenal inside a head-to-head contest for the name. With the Gunners leading 1-0 but desperately needing another goal to consider the title, it had been, in the immortal phrases of commentator Brian Moore, ‘up for grabs today…’

Set against the about 89: Arsenal’s Greatest Moment, Told inside our Own Phrases backdrop of Hillsborough disaster, and during an emotional era in football long before the Top League as we now find out it, 89 is an oral history of a sporting instant thus unusual it thought instantly historic.

Drawing on years of research, writer Amy Lawrence includes interesting and never-before noticed testimony in the voices who have there been, over the pitch, off it, and beyond.

89 creates a definitive and kaleidoscopic family portrait of the match, and an iconic moment in English football that changed the activity forever.

Drawing on many years of study and interviews, writer Amy Lawrence includes interesting and never-before heard testimonies in the voices who were there around the pitch, including captain Tony Adams, goalscorers Alan Smith and Mickey Thomas, manager George Graham and many more.

Also featured are accounts from those from the pitch, including Arsenal story Ian Wright, super-fans Nick Hornby, Alan Davies and Dermot O’Leary, and Gunners from across the globe recounting where and exactly how they watched, and the lasting effect this seminal video games has had on their lives.

This audio edition includes an exclusive bonus chapter of a Q&A between Amy Lawrence and Alan Davies.

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