Richer than God
Subtitle: Manchester City, modern football and growing up
By: David Conn
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780857384867; 9780857384874
Subjects: Attitudes; Manchester City Football Club; Soccer fans; Soccer; Economic aspects; History
Description: 'Richer Than God' is an authoritative, provocative, investigative account of Manchester City's history, culminating in its transformation as Sheikh Mansour seeks to spend the formerly miserable Manchester club into the European elite.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-424) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. In The Heart Of Europe; title: 2. Sky Blue; title: 3. Abu Dhabi United; title: 4.`The Joy Was Just Coming'; title: 5. His Excellency The Chairman; title: 6. Ghost Town; title: 7. Richer Than God; title: 8. Swales Out; title: 9. Forward With Franny; title: 10. The Money Game; title: 11. The Club Which Ate Itself; title: 12. In The Money; title: 13. The Council House; title: 14. There's Only One Frank Sinatra; title: 15. Welcome To Manchester; title: 16. Manchester Thanks You, Sheikh Mansour; title: 17. The People's Game; title: 18. The Beautiful Game; title: 19. The Colossus; title: 20. We're Not Really Here; title: 21. Champions.