Autumn
2004
Just
recently I have been very lucky to hear about some
excellent books that are available in the universal
language of football. These include football history and
football-based novels. Here is the information as it has
been passed on to me...
Football
and Fashion
by Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter
Football
and Fashion
In November this year,
the above title will be coming out, published by
Mainstream Books. It details the history of what the
players from the early 60's til now were/are wearing off
the pitch, right up to the present day. We also take in
the fashions of the terraces from over the years and also
talk to the various fashion outlets past and present.
As a member of your site, I feel the other members might
be interested in a book like this.
Regards
Mark Baxter
Football and
All That
By Norman Giller
Football and All That
By Norman Giller
It
was great to hear from Norman Giller (see The
Judge),
who has book number 70 ready in time for Christmas.
Norman's pal, Jimmy Greaves writes the foreword,
and I know visitors to the site are going to love it.
Here's the details...
Publisher: Hodder
& Stoughton £16.99 RRP Hardback
From the days of the
game in ancient China up till the days of the Beckhams in
their palace, football has always been known as a funny
old game. In his lively and off-beat study, Norman Giller
kicks off by examining the origins of football, starting
with the argument over whether the Chinese, the Romans or
the English invented the game.
He leads us decade by decade through the antics of a
procession of great characters who have graced (and
sometimes disgraced) the national sport. The major
scandals of the decade will be chronicled, as well as the
history, hysteria and highlights of the World Cup. It's
the Christmas present football fans everywhere have been
waiting for.
It can be purchased
from Amazon.co.uk Books Football and
All That or Mad About Books
Tommy Johnston
The
Happy Wanderer
Neilson
N. Kaufman
Assisted by Alan E. Ravenhill
Tommy
Johnston (click to purchase)
Tommy Johnston was
recently voted Leyton Orient’s greatest ever player
by fans of the club in a poll to mark the Millennium,
gaining 20 percent of all votes cast. Born in Loanhead,
Tommy holds the club record for the most goals scored in
a single season, and the most goals scored on aggregate
throughout his career.
During his long career,
Tommy played in every class of football, from juvenile
football in Scotland with Loanhead Mayflower and Peebles
Rovers, to professional with one Scottish League club
(Kilmarnock), one Welsh club (Newport County) and seven
English clubs: Darlington, Oldham Athletic, Norwich City,
Leyton Orient (twice), Blackburn Rovers and Gillingham.
The author, Neil, is a
regular contributor to the site and he writes that Tommy
has not been well and is need of open heart surgery,
should any of your readers remember him you can send best
wishes to him at
Tommy Johnston
156, Links Avenue
Sanctuary Point
New South Wales
Australia
2540
See Breedon Books – Tommy
Johnston
Humbugs
by Craig Bradley and David Gill
Humbugs
by Craig Bradley and David Gill
Subject:
HELLO from Robert Endeacott / RELISH BOOKS
Hello!
I hope you’re well and life is good. I’ve
started up RELISH BOOKS, a small publishing company
aiming to give people a chance of getting on to the
literary ladder and create a kind of literature
co-operative in the North. Please check out the
Relish website below for more detail.
‘When
you can’t play football for toffee, you have to
play it for something else’
Humbugs: a
story of toffee making folk not giving a toffee about
making toffee. A story of toffee making folk who do
give a toffee about playing football, about each
other and about taking the Mick.
Humbugs: a
chewy Pick n Mix of chunters, chuckles, cheap jibes,
cheap tricks and cheaper challenges.
Humbugs:
not just a book about humbugs. Or football. Or
footballs that look like humbugs.
Humbugs is
about the good and bad in all of us, as well as the
fuzzy grey bit in the middle which sticks to your
teeth.
Buy
the book at www.relishbooks.co.uk
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