Flight to Bogota England's Football Rebel, Neil Franklin

Flight to Bogotá tells the incredible story of one of the most infamous episodes in English sporting history, when a group of British footballers turned their backs on club and country before the 1950 World Cup for a sporting El Dorado in Colombia. It was a rebellion led by first-choice England centre-half Neil Franklin. The book charts how the players were secretly lured away from Britain, amid Franklin's strident complaints of 'serfdom' in English football, their brief struggles to adapt to Colombian life and the fallout once they humiliatingly returned home to face the wrath of club and country. This escapade was a personal failure for Franklin and left his career in tatters. But the players' vociferous defence of their behaviour enlightened a shocked nation about how clubs mistreated footballers. Ultimately, it led to reforms that would financially benefit future footballing generations, but these financial rewards were never enjoyed by Franklin and his fellow 'football bandits' who embarked on that fateful 'Flight to Bogotá'.

ISBN:	9781785316548
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing
Imprint:	Pitch Publishing
Published date:	07 Sep 2020
DEWEY:	796.3340942
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256 , 8 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	292g
Height:	140mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	24mm

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