
NEW BOOKS – MAY 2023
THE people at Pitch Publishing (www.pitchpublishing.co.uk) continue to put out great books on a wide range of football (and other sporting)...

THE PIONEER
THE PIONEER: THE LAURIE CUNNINGHAM STORY. PART 1 BY Vince Cooper IN 1955 19-year-old Mavis Trout left her home in Kingston, Jamaica, leaving her...

THE DUKE
BY Vince Cooper FOOTBALLERS from the Channel Islands making it to the top of the game have been few and far between. Amazingly, Guernsey’s Matt Le...

Blue Army – John Bumstead
BLUE ARMY BY Vince Cooper John Bumstead Chelsea have had their share of ‘unsung heroes’ over the years. Peter Houseman, a hugely influential member...

THE LEGEND OF THE BUSBY BABES
By Jason Grant Shela MBE FRSA MA The Busby Babes February 6th 1958 is a day that is forever etched with sadness and sorrow in the hearts and minds...

THE WAR CUPS
BY Vince Cooper IT is often written that football stopped during World War Two and while it’s true that ‘official matches’ like the Football League...

FA CUP 1922-23. SUCCESS FOR WANDERERS AND THE WHITE HORSE
By Vince Cooper ON a bleak January day in 1922 a select group convened near the top of a hill in Middlesex. After a few preliminaries H.R.H. The...

Six New Books
The people at Pitch Publishing, one of the foremost publishers of sports books, have certainly been busy and here are six of their new titles with,...

RIDE TO HELL. Prisoner Of A Dubious Peace. By Paul Ride
Just over 30 years ago, an Englishman – and avid Chelsea fan – working in Kuwait as a catering manager was arrested in Iraq for...

KEITH WELLER – A CLASS ACT
BY Vince Cooper Keith Weller is remembered by many as ‘the footballer who wore tights’ . But beneath the undergarments there was a top-class...

THE LEAGUE MAGAZINE 2
THE LEAGUE MAGAZINE Welcome to the second issue of THE League Magazine. We hope you enjoyed issue one and this time around we have (sadly) more...

New Books – July 2022
IT’S the middle of summer so live football – aside from the Women’s Euros – is at a premium. Whilst waiting for the new campaign to...
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