Get It On: How the '70s Rocked Football

Get It On is a book that chronicles the 1970s in English football, featuring interviews with players and managers from the era, including Brian Clough, Bob Paisley, Kevin Keegan, George Best, Alf Ramsey, and Don Revie. It explores the commercialism, innovation, racism, and hooliganism that rocked the national game during this time and how it was the most groundbreaking decade in English football history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: Biteback Publishing

After the remarkable triumph of 1966 and a decade following the termination of the maximum wage, a bold and novel era emerged in English football. As the 1970s took hold, a new generation of larger-than-life footballers and managers took center stage, gracing television screens in vibrant technicolor for the first time. Set against a backdrop of three-day work weeks, strikes, political unrest, freezing winters, and the emergence of glam rock, Get It On unveils the captivating inside story of how commercialism, innovation, racism, and hooliganism shook the national game during the 1970s. This fascinating footballing fiesta chronicles the rise and fall of Brian Clough, Bob Paisley, and Kevin Keegan, as well as the downfall of George Best, Alf Ramsey, and Don Revie. Spanning twenty-five years of interviews with legendary figures such as George Best and Jack Charlton, European Cup-winning captains Emlyn Hughes and John McGovern, and pioneering black footballers Cyrille Regis and Brendon Batson, Get It On presents these heroes of the era in their unvarnished and uncompromising glory. Moreover, the book delves into how the 1970s marked the most groundbreaking decade in the history of English football.

Weight: 662g
Dimension: 165 x 241 x 40 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785906510