SIR BOB MURRAY - I'D DO IT ALL AGAIN
By Lance Hardy and Ian Preece. Foreword by Sir Tim Rice
Sir Bob Murray is best known as the former Chairman of Sunderland AFC and the visionary behind the Stadium, Academy and Beacon of Light.
But away from the Sunderland boardroom he occupied for over 20 years Sir Bob has built successful businesses, established a charitable foundation to support his beloved home region and led a life so interesting that he’d do it all again!
This is his story – from the terraced and dust-choked streets of 1950’s Consett where he left school with just one 'O' level, took his first steps on the career ladder and then risked it all to start his own kitchen and bathroom business. It chronicles board room battles at Roker Park on to the building of the Stadium of Light, Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park.
He recounts interactions with a wide cast of characters ranging from Len Shackleton, Brian Clough, Lawrie McMenemy, Peter Reid, Niall Quinn and even a former Prime Minister for whom he had to act a human shield!
It is a tale of a remarkable rise from a down-at-heel steel town. Of challenges, setbacks and mis-steps on and off pitch, and triumphs in boardrooms and stadiums around the country at a time when football was undergoing a revolution.
His ambition, drive, and passion for the North East and his boyhood football club is evident throughout this book and his story is one that will inspire and entertain readers, whether they support Sunderland or not.
• 100% of proceeds from sales of this book will go to the Foundation of Light to support people across the North East region
SIR BOB MURRAY - I'D DO IT ALL AGAIN
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