Black Boots and Football Pinks - 50 Lost Wonders of the Beautiful Game
Author(s): Daniel Gray
A delightful exploration of the small details that make football great, from streakers to cup replays, paper tickets to floodlight failings, brawls, fanzines and cycling shorts, and of course, football pinks.Written with wit, nostalgia for the past, and packed with interesting facts to please any football fan.Entries include:1. Sharing the scores from elsewhere2. Referee occupations and hometowns3. Stripy, tartan and other turf patterns4. Black boots5. Late fitness tests6. Streakers7. Knowing the names of grounds8. Keepers in trousers and hats9. Local shirt and hoarding sponsors10. Football Pinks
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Sport
- : 0.194138
- : 01 January 2019
- : --- length: - '7.087' width: - '4.724' units: - Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Daniel Gray
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 796.334
- : 160