Aberdeen Football club has been blessed with success, drama and excitement in more than a century of top class football at Pittodrie. Above all, Dons fans have been treated to entertainment courtesy of some of the game's biggest characters and most colourful performers. "Aberdeen's Cult Heroes" takes a whirlwind trip through football in the Granite City, profiling the men who embedded themselves in the memories of the Dons supporters and put smiles on the faces of thousands. From Jock Hutton, the star of the 1920s who could lift team-mates with his teeth, to the tragic 21st century icon Hicham Zerouali and beyond, Paul Smith's latest Aberdeen book charts the changing relationship between the Pittodrie faithful and the club's stars through the eyes of a select band of Cult Heroes, their team-mates, managers, key media men and Dons fans.From the pre-war days to the superstar glamour of Zoltan Varga in the 1970s, through the melodrama of the short but heroic career of 'Cup Tie' McKay, Joe Harper's coronation as King of the Beach End and the unparalleled success of Alex Ferguson's reign to the search for a present day hero and everywhere in between, "Aberdeen's Cult Heroes" studies 20 men who touched the heart and soul of the club.
Who would you choose as your ultimate cult hero? Would it be legendary captain Willie Miller, dynamic midfielder Gordon Strachan, stylish striker Steve Archibald or rugged Gothenburg team-mate Doug Rougvie? The 1990s goal machine Duncan Shearer or another of his generation? Meet the characters who wore the famous red shirt and discover their quirks in a journey in search of the answer to the question of what turns a player into a hero and what it takes to earn cult status at the north-east's premier club.
- ISBN10 1848181043
- ISBN13 9781848181045
- Publish Date 1 November 2008
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 14 June 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Imprint Know the Score Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English