The Moores Trilogy (The End, Boys From The Blue Stuff, Money Can't Buy Us Love)
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Over three volumes, Gavin Buckland's Moores trilogy tells the story of Everton's John Moores era. Spanning more than three decades it charts a history that encompassed four League Championships, two FA Cups, a Eurropean trophy, multiple club transfer records - but which also saw the balance of power in Merseyside football change irrecoverably.
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Money Can't Buy Us Love: Everton in the 1960s
In Money Can't Buy Us Love, Everton's official statistician Gavin Buckland tells the tale of how Moores and manager Harry Catterick took the so-called 'Mersey Millionaires' to the summit of English football, in the context of the major cultural changes of the time.
The book provides a forensic character study of both Catterick and Moores, and also delves into the archives to provide a definitive account of the incidents that rocked the club in a fruitful but turbulent decade, including allegations of doping in the 1962/63 campaign, the 1964 match-fixing scandal which signalled the end of Tony Kay's career and the shock sale of Alan Ball.
Money Can't Buy Us Love offers fascinating insight into how strong personalities can take a team to the very top, but can also cause in its ultimate downfall.
Boys from the Blue Stuff: Everton's Rise to 1980s Glory
In May 1985 Everton were the best team in Europe, having romped to the First Division title and lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup in thrilling style.
That twin triumph was the culmination of a long and occasionally treacherous journey that started with the departure of Harry Catterick twelve years earlier. Set in the wider cultural and economic context of the time, Boys from the Blue Stuff tells the story of that passage.
Chronicling the efforts of Billy Bingham and Gordon Lee to return the club to the summit of English football and out of the shadow cast across Stanley Park by their dominant neighbours, Boys from the Blue Stuff concludes with how Howard Kendall overcame the dark days of 1983 to produce the most successful Everton team in history.
Expertly researched and brilliantly written, Boys from the Blue Stuff is the definitive account of an era in which Everton touched the extremes of triumph and despair, leaving an indelible mark on the club's illustrious history.
The End: From Glory to a Whole New Ball Game: Everton 1985-1994 (Hardback Edition)
In The End, Gavin Buckland’s final book on the Moores era at Everton, the author explores the club’s journey from towering success to the brink of relegation. The narrative captures how boardroom complacency and indecision combined with uncertainty over the club’s ownership to allow Everton to fall behind their peers as a new era of English football dawned.
Meticulously researched and piecing together interviews, archival materials and behind-the-scenes stories, The End is the authoritative and vivid telling of footballing aristocracy falling on hard times. Offering rich detail and insight, The End is a must-read for any football fan or historian of the modern game.
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