The Sons of Revie is the definitive account of ten incredible seasons at Leeds United, told through the eyes of a young supporter who grew up on the glory and heartbreak of cheering on his team from the Scratching Shed at Elland Road and all around the country. The 1960s and 70s was a golden age for English football, a time when legends were made at all the biggest clubs in the country, yet an unfashionable club with no history of success emerged from the bottom of Division Two to tower over the rest. Led by their visionary manager, Don Revie, a squad almost entirely made up of home-grown youngsters rewrote the record books and became one of the greatest teams in history, chasing multiple trophies every season and winning almost everything there was to win, yet their legacy would be dominated by controversies and disappointments as they so often fell at the final hurdle, by fair means or foul. From Dirty Leeds to Super Leeds, there has never been another side quite like the Sons of Revie.

本書は、単なるフットボールの記録を超えた、失われた黄金時代への鮮烈な鎮魂歌です。著者のロッコ・ディーンは、熱狂の渦中にいた少年の瑞々しい視点を通じ、名将ドン・レヴィが率いた「息子たち」の栄光と挫折を活写しています。二部リーグの底辺から頂点へと駆け上がる不屈の精神と、その裏にある泥臭い闘争心が、読者の心を激しく揺さぶります。 特筆すべきは、成功の眩さと同時に、あと一歩で勝利を逃す悲劇性を描き出す筆致の深みです。「ダーティ・リーズ」という汚名から「スーパー・リーズ」という賞賛へ。彼らが背負った複雑なレガシーを、著者は膨大な情熱で解き明かします。これは、一人の若者がフットボールに魂を捧げ、歴史の証人となるまでの、美しくも残酷なクロニクルなのです。