Kevin D. Tennent is Lecturer in Management at the York Management School, University of York, UK. Alex G. Gillett is Lecturer in Marketing at the York Management School, University of York, UK.
"‘Although primarily an academic work, the authors have produced a book which is both readable and informative for those with an interest in the 1966 tournament. There are plenty of details here which does not feature in contemporary newspapers or specialist publications and there is enough of this previously unreported material to make it of great interest… It offers a different dimension on the history of the game and one with considerable potential’. Ian Nannestad, Soccer History 'Tennent and Gillett have opened up a new perspective on an event with which we were in danger of becoming over-familiar. Historians and sociologists who have fed the obsession with ‘66’ should be grateful.' Professor Dilwyn Porter, De Montfort University ""A very valuable study of the influences and forces that made the 1966 Finals event in England the national success that it was..."" Professor Alan Tomlinson, University of Brighton"