Eric Brown reviews a book tracing the lives of more than 200 retired footballers and reveals how employment opportunities exploded as media outlets mu…
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Mohamed Al-Fayed's tumultuous 16-year reign as Fulham owner is the focus of an entertaining new book by Tony Banks, reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Dave Tomlinson's 'Leeds United in the 1980s and 1990s: From Wilderness Years to Wilko' charts the eventful end to the Yorkshire club's exploits in the…
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Former editor ERIC BROWN reveals a threat to the world’s oldest football annual and takes a look at the 136th edition of a publication originall…
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By ERIC BROWN Jimmy Greaves looked rather sheepish and anxious as he stood just inside the open cabin door scanning rows of seated passengers with ple…
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By ERIC BROWN In the year it first appeared the Marquess of Salisbury was Prime Minister, Queen Victoria ruled and Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albi…
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A new book explaining how Leeds’ boom years turned sour and how Marcelo Bielsa later restored the club’s switchback fortunes is reviewed by ERIC B…
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Book review by ERIC BROWN Learie Constantine was a big man with a laugh to match. His guffaw reverberated around a room while his shoulders and chest …
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By ERIC BROWN Mention the history of Portsmouth FC and those of a certain age will pontificate nostalgically about the club’s glory days just before…
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By ERIC BROWN Just 25 days elapsed between the last major event of a uniquely damaged season and the thud on my doormat announcing arrival of football…
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