Tommy Tynan: The Original Football Idol

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Signed for Liverpool by legendary Bill Shankly after winning the “Search for a Soccer-Star” competition, Tommy went on to become a cult figure during his time at Plymouth Argyle and Newport County.

SKU: 9781780914107 Categories: , , ,
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 192Author: Ryan Danes
 

Description

Many decades before SKY TV’s popular ‘Football Idol’ series Tommy Tynan won a newspaper competition called ‘Search for a Soccer-Star’; he was just 16 years old. His reward was an apprenticeship at Bill Shankly’s famous Liverpool Football Club. At Jack Charlton’s ‘Sheffield Wednesday’, he was a hit. At Newport County, playing alongside John Aldridge, they marched into Europe. At Plymouth Argyle, his goals propelled the team to promotion and a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. At Plymouth Argyle, his goals propelled the team to promotion and a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Tommy was a goal-machine wherever he went, and he wasn’t afraid of controversy.Today, to many thousands of people, he is a cult-hero.

Additional information

Weight0.372 kg
Dimensions23.4 × 15.6 × 1.2 cm

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