Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten Tribe - Softcover

Clavane, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857388142 ISBN 13: 9780857388148

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Ever since the children of penniless immigrants caught the train from Whitechapel to White Hart Lane - to be greeted with the refrain: 'Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?' - this forgotten tribe have helped to shape the Beautiful Game.

In telling the fascinating lives of these largely unsung trailblazers, Clavane uncovers a hidden history of Jewish involvement in English football. From Louis Bookman, the first Jew to play in England's top division, to the pugnacious winger Mark Lazarus, whose last-gasp goal won the 1967 League Cup for QPR, to shady figures like One-Armed Lou, a ticket tout who never told the story of his missing limb the same way twice, through to the businessmen who helped form the breakaway Premier League, and in the process changed the English game for ever.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Clavane was born in Leeds. He started life as a history teacher and is now chief sports writer for the Sunday Mirror. He has won Press Gazette Feature Writer of the Year and BT Regional Sportswriter of the Year awards. His previous book Promised Land was named Sports Book of the Year by the National Sporting Club and the Radio 2 Book Club.

Review:

'A splendid, warmly written slice of untold social history' New Statesman.―New Statesman

'[A] thought-provoking, absorbing exploration of what he terms 'English football's forgotten tribe'' Independent on Sunday.―Independent on Sunday

'Enthralling' Patrick Barclay.―Patrick Barclay

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0857388142
• ISBN 13: 9780857388148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304