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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Football Annual goes marching on, right on time
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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How sport tried to play on in WW 2 as the air raid sirens sounded
By ERIC BROWN With British sport trying to cope during the current Covid-19 pandemic, award-winning author Anton Rippon has gone back 80 years to high…
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Henderson laments what could be the end of county cricket
Rambling around former favourite cricket venues turned out to be a depressing journey for Michael Henderson who recounts his trip in a new book review…
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How France’s world beaters left their magnifique mark on football
A new book charting the progress of French international football from the dark days of 1966 to 2018 world cup glory is reviewed by ERIC BROWN. They a…
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Missing pages deny Book his place in Manchester City’s illustrated history
Manchester City’s official illustrated history has been published to celebrate the club’s 125th anniversary but they seem to have missed out someo…
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The club that Jack built – how Blackburn won the title thanks to rich super fan
A new book which traces Jack Walker’s galvanising effect on modest second division outfit Blackburn Rovers in the early 1990s is reviewed by ERI…
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Singing winger Grainger shared billing with the Beatles and played against Brazil
By Eric Brown Colin Grainger shared dressing rooms with Stanley Matthews and the Beatles, scored on his England debut against Brazil and counted film …
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Four decades on and Clive Allen still looking for answers to Arsenal transfer riddle
By ERIC BROWN It was, perhaps, football’s greatest mystery. Why did Arsenal make striker Clive Allen the first £1million teenager in English fo…
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Stick to swimming…how Per Mertesacker overcame the odds to become a world cup winner
Book review by ERIC BROWN Per Mertesacker was told he had no chance of becoming a professional footballer by his own father at the age of 14, ye…
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