pbArtfully combining sports journalism with social history and sharp pop culture references, iThe Mavericks iexplores 1970s football when a cult group of footballers delivered flair on the pitch and flamboyance off of it. bppCocky, coiffured strikers meet David Bowie and Alvin Stardust Gola boots exchange kicks with iA Clockwork Orange iand iThe Likely Ladsi Admiral sock tags, platform heels and kipper ties mingle with cod wars, Harrods bombings and three-day weeks. In this, Steen recreates the early Seventies, the era when football joined the vanguard of English youth culture. This personal account revolves around seven Englishmen who followed in the trail blazed by football's first tabloid star, George Best--Stan Bowles, Tony Currie, Charlie George, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh, Peter Osgood andFrank Worthington.Proud individuals amid an increasingly corporate environment, their invention and artistry were matched only by a disdain for authority and convention. Their belief in football