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Get Ready for This - by Stuart Steelyard (Hardcover)

Name: Get Ready for This - by Stuart Steelyard (Hardcover)
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SKU: 1009439576
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Get Ready For This: The Remarkable Rumbelows League Cup Era tells the story of one of English football's most bizarre chapters, through fresh stories and conversations with those who lived it.
About the Author: Stuart Steelyard is a retro-football writer and creator of Stu's Football Flashbacks, a popular nostalgic account on X with more than 50,000 followers.
256 Pages
Sports + Recreation, Soccer

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Between Italia '90 and the Premier League's launch, the Rumbelows League Cup delivered unforgettable drama and chaos. From Trump's surreal draw to Wembley sprint races, Get Ready For This revisits the competition's extraordinary two-season run through fresh stories and conversations with those who lived it.

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Get Ready For This: The Remarkable Rumbelows League Cup Era tells the story of one of English football's most bizarre chapters, through fresh stories and conversations with those who lived it. Between Italia '90 and the birth of the Premier League, the game was in transition. Optimism was back after years of decline, yet the glossy era of Sky and all-seater stadiums was still to come. In that short window, the League Cup - sponsored by high-street electronics chain Rumbelows - became a stage for chaos and spectacle. There were sprint races between players, television giveaways and the most infamous cup draw of all time, conducted live from Trump Tower. Through conversations with players, former ITV broadcasters and representatives of both the Football League and Rumbelows, this book reveals how a domestic cup briefly became the wildest show in English football. Brimming with eccentric tales, giant-killings and record goals, this is football at its most entertaining and unpredictable.

About the Author

Stuart Steelyard is a retro-football writer and creator of Stu's Football Flashbacks, a popular nostalgic account on X with more than 50,000 followers. He also runs a blog of the same name and has written numerous articles for the football magazine Late Tackle, bringing the game's quirks, characters and forgotten stories back to life.

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Dimensions (Overall): 22.0 Inches (H) x 44.0 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 256

Genre: Sports + Recreation

Sub-Genre: Soccer

Publisher: Pitch Publishing

Format: Hardcover

Author: Stuart Steelyard

Language: English

Street Date: April 20, 2026

TCIN: 1009439576

UPC: 9781836802747

Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-6138

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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