- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (Aug 4 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 184737185X
- ISBN-13: 978-1847371850
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 13.2 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 422 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #535,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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On 26 May 1989, the final day of the season, Arsenal travelled to Anfield to face the mighty Liverpool, needing a two-goal victory to claim a championship that seemed for so many reasons to belong to their opponents. What followed was one of the most remarkable football matches at the end of one of the most dramatic and politically charged seasons in English football history; a season that marked the transition between old and new football and which would come to be seen as a threshold for astonishing changes not just in football but in the wider culture. Featuring interviews with the main players in this drama, including many of the legendary figures who took part in that famous final game, The Last Game is a probing and resonant work of dramatic reportage that reflects on the stark changes the national sport has undergone in twenty tumultuous years.Journeying from the intense and hostile terraces of the 1980s, where male violence and tribalism coupled with decrepit stadiums led to tragedies like Heysel and Hillsborough, to the new commercialism that has engulfed the modern game, where fans have turned customers and, some say, security has come at the cost of identity, The Last Game tells the story of how a nation was changed by one astonishing game.
About the Author
Jason Cowley is an award-winning writer and journalist. Formerly editor of the Observer Sport Monthly and Granta magazine, he is now editor of the New Statesman.
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An excellent analysis of how football has changed, and how it has changed us, July 10 2009
By Matthew Asay - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Last Game: Love Death and Football (Hardcover)
As a hardcore Arsenal supporter, Cowley's The Last Game whet my appetite for discovering new Arsenal trivia, but it did far more: in it I felt the roar of the crowd, the passion for the beautiful game, and a sense of just how much football has changed me, and the wider society. From Cowley's delving into shifting views on racism in England, and how football has impacted them, to the more narrow look at how England's football has become gradually more Continental, it's a great read, whether you're a football fanatic or not.
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