First published in 1998 as a spin-off from the hugely popular annual Aerofilms Guide: Football Grounds Football Grounds from the Air: Then & Now has now passed through three editions with the second being published in 2001 the third in 2004 & the fourth in 2007. Covering each of the 92 clubs in the Premier & Football leagues the book provides an historical view of the clubs ground alongside a contemporary shot of the ground as it currently exists. Fully updated & revised this new edition will include a number of clubs including Cardiff Colchester & Rotherham who have completely relocated whilst others such as Sheffield United Oldham Watford & Leyton Orient for example have undergone significant changes. Apart from the changes to these grounds the onset of automatic promotion/relegation between the league & conference now ensures that two clubs drop out from League 2 to be replaced by two from the conference. Whilst sometimes this results in former league clubs regaining their status it can also mean that traditional non-league teams such as Dagenham & Redbridge & Burton Albion can enter footballs higher echelons whilst league teams such as Accrington Aldershot & Exeter can return to the league after an absence of many years. ...

First-hand accounts of football violence from infamous Millwall to Man U. Once dubbed 'the English disease' British match-day thuggery has spread right across Europe & beyond. Here is the inside story of that phenomenon from those that were there taking part in the mayhem. ' Yob Laureate' Dougie Brimson & his brother Eddy offer a compelling description of match-day madness; Colin Ward goes steaming in while other pieces detail the irresistible aggro of the local Derby the tragedy inside Heysel Stadium & the violence surrounding England's 1998 World Cup match against Tunisia. Finally Dougie Brimson asks if the police are not just another 'firm' simply participants in the violence. ...

Footballers are renowned for their quips unguarded remarks & slips-of-the-tongue. Comments & off-the-cuff remarks are often hilarious frequently nonsensical & sometimes downright insulting while some soccer stars can be remarkably lucid & inspirational when discussing the beautiful game. Its not just the players who have an amusing or insightful turn of phrase: managers & coaches notoriously pull no punches when it comes to team-talk & criticism of their players activities on & off the pitch. This book celebrates the"es & verbal gaffes from the world of soccer with almost 150 photographs selected from the vast archives of Mirrorpix. ...

Honest & controversial at times this book

Includes:: new revelations which will surprise fans. Read Ricks opinions

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Practical pocket guides for quick & easy reference any time anywhere. Football Skills" is a handy pocket-sized instruction manual covering the fundamentals of football with step-by-step illustrations & clear bite-sized tips. It offers everything you need to know to get started along with a wealth of expert tricks & tips to improve skills & techniques from ball control & kicking skills to mastering the concept of the offside-rule. It progresses from the very basics for beginners through all the elements essential to becoming adept at football to advanced techniques to keep you ahead of the game. Ideal for anyone looking to take up football
- this new series offers perfect at-a-glance reference to keep with you at all times."
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Football is a funny old game & as this little book shows it has inspired many laugh-out-loud jokes. Illustrated in full colour Footballs Funniest Jokes" is guaranteed to raise a laugh at half-time or even when your team loses on penalties." ...

* From bestselling author Andrew Ward. * Over a century's worth of fascinating football stories & tales. * The perfect gift for the football fanatic in your family! The world's favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments. Author Andrew Ward has trawled the sports pages of history to create Football's Strangest Matches a fascinating collection of bizarre-yet-true tales from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers' one-man team to Wilfred Minter's seven-goal haul in which he still ended up on the losing side there are goals & gaffes galore drawn from all levels of the football world whether high-profile internationals or the lowest tiers of domestic football. This extraordinary book makes a great gift for any football fan & certainly proves the old adage beloved by football commentators
- 'it's a funny old game'... Other titles in the series: Rugby's Strangest Matches (9781907554063) Cricket's Strangest Matches (9781907554094) & Golf's Strangest Rounds (9781907554070).
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In the good old days of association football there was no such thing as WAGs the balls were made from rhino hide & players made their way to the ground by tram. & the rudest thing you could say to a referee was: Hoy referee! Do you need spectacles?" Those Were The Days: Football journeys back through the photo archives to find photos of pre-war footer accompanied by a sparkling commentary delivered in a Pathe news style that wouldnt go amiss delivered by Mr Cholmondley-Warner (of Harry Enfield fame). Those were the days when you could still smoke while playing centre forward when games often ended 6-6 & a broken leg was no excuse to miss the second half. Find even more humourous nostalgia in: When I Were a Lad... (9781907554001) When I Where a School Lad... (9781907554148) When I Were a Nipper... (9781907554360) & Those Were the Days: Golf (9781843400002)." ...

Jack Lewis is short. REALLY short. So short in fact that Mr Bullock the St Saviours football coach doesn't want him on the team. But when Mr Willis discovers Jack's 'footballing brain'.. .and Jack's mum steps in with a few tips.. .it looks like the School Cup may be just the beginning! ...

Without football we were strangers under the same roof. With it we were father & son. Longlisted for the 2012 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Hamilton tells of how he was inspired by his fathers devotion to Newcastle United & the heroes of yesteryear such as Jackie Milburn Bobby Charlton & Duncan Edwards Hamilton recreates a distant bygone age & charts the progress of post-war British football to the present day. From the hardscrabble 1940s & the never-had-it-so-good 50s right through to how the dowdy-looking First Division of the 80s transformed itself into the slick money-driven Premiership that is so familiar to us today. Hamilton writes about the some of its most sublime players from George Best to Lionel Messi & some of its most respected managers from Bill Shankly to Sir Alex Ferguson. But at the heart of The Footballer Who Could Fly is Hamiltons exploration of the bond between father & son through the Beautiful Game & how football became the only live connection between two people who apart from their love of it were wholly different from one another. From the two-time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year comes a personal & affecting story that beautifully captures one of the most important three-way relationships in a mans life. Father & son & football. ...