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)...
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,...
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...
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
FOR BETTER OR WORSE LIFE, LOVE AND SUPPORTING CHELSEA IN THE 1990s By Jason Gibbins Published by Gate17 Books Reviewed by Dave Cooper Chelsea fans...
The Owd Reds
The Owd Reds – The Brief History of Accrington F.C. The list of the original twelve members of the Football League contains 11 teams many of...
Local Boy Dimmock Wins It For Spurs
1920-21 FA CUP BY Vince Cooper The 1921 FA Cup final was held at Stamford Bridge the second year that the West London ground had the honour of...
The Three-Match Season
BY Vince Cooper In recent times the Coronavirus pandemic has seen us go through a period of no football at all followed by a significantly longer...
FA CUP 1969-70. BRUTAL
BRUTAL BY Vince Cooper THE 1969-70 F.A Cup saw Leeds United and Chelsea take the final to a second match, the first time the season’s showpiece had...
THE FLYING HAMMER
THE FLYING HAMMER BY Vince Cooper IN 1925 the laws of football changed. And so, soon after, did they way teams played. Prior to this a player was...
NAT THE LION
BY Vince Cooper ALTHOUGH he earned a great deal of his reputation, and indeed his nickname, for one performance, Nat Lofthouse, ‘The Lion of Vienna’...
FA CUP 1967-68. ASTLE’S DAY
1967-68 F.A. Cup. Astle‘s Day The 1967-68 season in English football was mostly dominated by the Manchester clubs. City took the title by two points...
FA CUP 1961-62. SPURS DOUBLE UP IN ‘CHESSBOARD FINAL’
By Vince Cooper In the 1960-61 season Tottenham Hotspur had completed the fabled League and F.A. Cup double, the first team to manage the feat in...
Puddy
By Vince Cooper HERE are a couple of great quiz questions; Q: Name the two clubs involved in the first-ever £5,000 transfer fee. A: West Ham United...
Nudger
By Vince Cooper WHEN no less an authority than Herbert Chapman says of you: “I shall always think he was the finest footballer I’ve ever seen” you...
Looking Back
By Vince Cooper We all have an era that we feel was football’s golden one. This mostly relates to our own formative years and the stars that were...
A Clown Breaks England Hearts
By David Meier After memorably winning the World Cup in 1966 and putting up a brave show in the 1970 tournament, the qualifying draw for the 1974...