Tommy Boyle - Broken Hero
To celebrate the centenary of his arrival at Burnley in September 1911, Tommy Boyle - Broken Hero is a new book that's just been published by Grosvenor House Publishers on the life of the former footballer.
Tommy Boyle won all the games major honours during an impressive career on either side of World War One - first at Barnsley and then at Burnley FC. Boyle became a hero and a local celebrity in Burnley with his own pub and had everything going for him. But when his football days were behind him it all started to go badly wrong.
The former miner and ex-England International, the first captain to presented with the FA Cup by a reigning monarch ended his days in a former lunatic asylum locked away from his adoring fans.
Broken Hero tells the story of a football legend and a real character.
Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/mike+smith/to...
Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk/Tommy-Boyle-Broken-Football-Legend/dp/19...
Tommy Boyle - Broken Hero
To celebrate the centenary of his arrival at Burnley in September 1911, Tommy Boyle - Broken Hero is a new book that's just been published by Grosvenor House Publishers on the life of the former footballer.
Tommy Boyle won all the games major honours during an impressive career on either side of World War One - first at Barnsley and then at Burnley FC. Boyle became a hero and a local celebrity in Burnley with his own pub and had everything going for him. But when his football days were behind him it all started to go badly wrong.
The former miner and ex-England International, the first captain to presented with the FA Cup by a reigning monarch ended his days in a former lunatic asylum locked away from his adoring fans.
Broken Hero tells the story of a football legend and a real character.
Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/mike+smith/to...
Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk/Tommy-Boyle-Broken-Football-Legend/dp/19...