Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing Audiobook (Free)

‘England invented football, codified it, became champions from the world in 1966 but humiliatingly then forgot how to play the greatest game of all. England took their vision off a ball they arrogantly thought they owned, allowing other nations to perform off with it.’

It’s been Fifty Years of Hurt since Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup trophy at Wembley, and in this groundbreaking reserve, Henry Winter will address the condition England are in within the golden anniversary of their greatest moment. Component lament, about Fifty Years of Harm: THE STORYPLOT of England Soccer and Why We Never Prevent Believing part anatomy of an obsession, both personal and collective, it analyses the reality behind the endless excuses, apportions the blame for the crimes against English football, but can be a search for wish and solutions.

Fifty Years of Harm weaves more than 40 special interviews with the biggest names in the game – Jack Charlton, Alan Mullery, Peter Shilton, Glenn Hoddle, John Barnes, Chris Waddle, Gary Lineker, Ian and Tag Wright, Alan Shearer, Michael Owen, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Roy Hodgson – having a narrative dissection of the highs and lows of five decades of football. And as well simply because players and managers, Henry Winter foretells the supporters, to providers, to officials, to the regulating bodies, about every aspect, bad and the good, of English football, to provide answers towards the question: ‘where achieved it all go wrong?’.

It is a passionate journey by a writer with vast personal insight into the national team, with unprecedented access to all areas of the game, but also with a fan who would like his England back. The Fifty Years of Hurt must end.