{"product_id":"we-were-really-there-david-bernstein-9781801506908","title":"We Were Really There: The Rebirth of Manchester City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Were Really There\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how Manchester City was saved from oblivion - told by the man who oversaw the rescue operation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Twenty-five years before City's historic Treble, they were a national joke, relegated to English football's third division. The only trophies the Citizens were likely to win, said chairman Francis Lee, were 'cups for cock-ups'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Enter David Bernstein. When he succeeded Lee as chairman in March 1998, City had just been relegated from the Premier League and were about to be relegated again. During their season in the third tier, City fans sang choruses of 'We're not really here!' in mocking disbelief at how far their club had fallen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Without Bernstein's work in five critical years as chairman, it is impossible to see how City would have been an attractive proposition to the investors from Abu Dhabi, whose takeover in 2008 paved the way for the Pep Guardiola era and unprecedented success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the tale of the rebirth of a football club, told from the inside.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Bernstein,Tim Rich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801506906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801506908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"David Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097077129471,"sku":"9781801506908","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-were-really-there-david-bernstein-9781801506908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}