El Vino Fleet Street wine bar to host reunion party on Wednesday 12 February, marking platinum anniversary of Hayters; Reg Hayter started up the agenc…
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Wealth of entertaining stories in ‘Tinpot: Football’s Forgotten Tournaments’
A new book exploring some of the most obscure and forgettable tournaments in UK football history is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Matthew Ashton’s talent, generosity and passion for Shrewsbury Town remembered in tributes
Matthew Ashton, who has died at the age of 53, was a much-admired football photographer whose love of Shrewsbury Town was legendary in the industry; h…
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Tale of Eagles who struggled to take flight in the Eighties is told in new book
A book about Crystal Palace's under-achieving team of the 1980's is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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How Fleet Street’s coverage of Wolves vs Honved 70 years ago helped ‘found’ UEFA Champions League
On 13 December 1954, Wolves recorded a famous victory over Honved under the lights at Molineux in front of 55,000 fans; media coverage reflecting the …
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Latest ‘Turf Wars’ book will interest not only Yorkshire folk but football fans everywhere
Yorkshire's role in setting English football on its way to dominate world sport is traced in a new book reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Knighted by Spurs fans, ‘football man’ Bill Nicholson’s story is told in wonderful book
A new biography by Steve Perryman and Norman Giller provides the definitive record of a Spurs legend who won the league as a player and the Double as …
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‘A man with a genuine tale to tell’ – Francis Lee’s life story is a delightful read
A heavyweight autobiography reviewed by Eric Brown reveals the inside story of Francis Lee's four lives, the treachery, the betrayals and his ascent t…
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‘They Came from a Land Down Under’: The unlikely story of Australia’s World Cup pioneers
Duncan Mackay's new book about the birth of the Socceroos and their 1974 debut at the FIFA World Cup finals in West Germany is reviewed by Philip Bark…
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‘A highly readable history of perhaps the most controversial Premier League season so far’
Scandals, sackings, court appearances and some memorable football during the Premier League's most controversial season are recalled in a book reviewe…
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