Fearless: The Amazing Underdog Story of Leicester City, the Greatest Miracle in Sports History

by Jonathan Northcroft Narrated by Nathan Turner

Overview

King Power Stadium, countdown to kick off. Out on the pitch a lone brass player sounds the haunting Post Horn Gallop, for 80 years the home players' entrance tune. Spines tingle. Air is gulped into lungs. Game time, time to begin the chase. On the stadium's outside wall a royal blue LCD display says #Fearless. Welcome to Leicester City. the most incredible cast of write-offs, grafters, misfits and journeymen, coming together in a special time and place to simultaneously have the season of their lives.

The side who'd been adrift at the bottom 12 months perviously, who'd started the season as relegation favorites, whose manager was favorite to be the first one sacked once the campaign got underway had made it to the final. A squad of £500,000 and with a scattering of £1m men. It was then, on behalf of every small club, that dreams were hunted at the King Power Stadium. They were always a club with a difference, but the 2015-16 season Leicester City created a story that in modern soccer stands unique. FEARLESS is the unforgettable story of how Leicester City went from ridiculous to miraculous, from relegation certainties with odds of 5,000-1 to winners of the most competitive soccer league in the world: the English Premier League.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

“Many books examined Leicester City’s glorious, unexpected victory in this year’s Premiership, but only Northcroft’s account really understood its significance.” —The Telegraph, Top 50 Books of 2016

“Northcroft’s stylish narrative delves deeper than the stock themes of heart, spirit and long-ball football, and argues that it was, above all, a triumph of the collective over the individual; the slow build over the quick fix.” —Jonathan Liew, The Telegraph

“Required reading for every club aspiring to achieve a fraction of what Leicester did, it reveals in its impeccably researched detail some of the less appreciated reasons why ‘the greatest miracle in sports history’ actually happened.” —Ian Herbert, The Independent

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170319459
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	11/22/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged

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