{"product_id":"auld-foes-james-stephen-9781801505086","title":"Auld Foes: World Football's Oldest Rivalry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuld Foes\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable story of the world's oldest football rivalry - Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian - interwoven with a fascinating 150-year Edinburgh history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century the rivalry ebbed and flowed, culminating in a hostile takeover bid in 1990. While this raised hostilities off the pitch to a new high, animosity between the Edinburgh sides was nothing new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheirs is a rivalry as complex and historic as Edinburgh itself, encompassing World Wars and sacrifice, Scottish society, religious and ethnic hatred, social class, football hooliganism, clubs on the brink of death saved by amazing feats of fan devotion, and the dubious financial dealings - and characters - that took them to the edge of ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story with exhilarating highs, innovations, world firsts and trailblazing in Europe; plus the wretched lows of relegations, agonising near-misses and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuld Foes\u003c\/i\u003e shines a vital spotlight on a captivating football rivalry that is poorly understood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Stephen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180150508X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801505086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"James Stephen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519413924095,"sku":"9781801505086","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16972ded-2527-43a6-8f20-03a5df3a4f31.jpg?v=1778737446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/auld-foes-james-stephen-9781801505086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}