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E: 06/08/08 - Comrade Jim - The Spy Who Played For Spartak book
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Comrade Jim - The Spy Who Played For Spartak
We have teamed up with Harper Collins to give five lucky readers the chance to win a copy of this fantastic book by Jim Riordan.
Like many working class children growing up in the war, the young Jim Riordan dreamt of being a footballer, but little did he know where his dream would lead. Taught Russian and trained as a spy in the same institution that nurtured the likes of Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn, he was posted to Berlin as part of his National Service to listen in on Soviet military communiqu!s. But, unbeknownst to his seniors, he began to join in informal kick-abouts with Russian servicemen, and so began his love affair with Russian culture.
From the shambolic outfit that was the British Communist Party in the 50s, to Cold War Moscow at its coldest, to his friendship with the Cambridge Five and meetings with Brezhnev and Gregarin, and his eventual debut in front of 50,000 Spartak fans at the Lenin stadium, Comrade Jim is the remarkable true story of the only Englishman to have played, and survived, Russian league football, told with grace, humour and lashings of vodka.
To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question correctly:
Competition Question:
Q:
Who was Russia's coach at Euro 2008?
Fatih Terim
Guus Hiddink :T:T
Lars Lagerback
http://www.icons.com/competition.html?C286
We have teamed up with Harper Collins to give five lucky readers the chance to win a copy of this fantastic book by Jim Riordan.
Like many working class children growing up in the war, the young Jim Riordan dreamt of being a footballer, but little did he know where his dream would lead. Taught Russian and trained as a spy in the same institution that nurtured the likes of Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn, he was posted to Berlin as part of his National Service to listen in on Soviet military communiqu!s. But, unbeknownst to his seniors, he began to join in informal kick-abouts with Russian servicemen, and so began his love affair with Russian culture.
From the shambolic outfit that was the British Communist Party in the 50s, to Cold War Moscow at its coldest, to his friendship with the Cambridge Five and meetings with Brezhnev and Gregarin, and his eventual debut in front of 50,000 Spartak fans at the Lenin stadium, Comrade Jim is the remarkable true story of the only Englishman to have played, and survived, Russian league football, told with grace, humour and lashings of vodka.
To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question correctly:
Competition Question:
Q:
Who was Russia's coach at Euro 2008?
Fatih Terim
Guus Hiddink :T:T
Lars Lagerback
http://www.icons.com/competition.html?C286
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