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Author: Richard Crooks
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Weight: 0.316kg
ISBN: 9781785315534
ISBN 10: 1785315536
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 August 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Thanks for whisking me back to the 1980s with this new book. I'd forgotten so much of it ! A nostalgic and intensely thought-provoking reminder. Exhaustively researched and a great read."" -- Alan Biggs * Talksport football reporter and Sheffield Live host * ""Get the book it really is a fascinating read."" -- Steve White * BBC Radio Sheffield * ""Throughout there is a recollection of nuggets from the decade - the government's failed membership scheme, the television blackout... the book allows the reader to reflect on thinking from another age."" * TheSubstantive.com * ""For a child of the 90s and early 2000s, this is very educational."" -- Raf Diallo * Sports Journalist, RTE * ""Fabulous book packed with stories of how the game was changing at a national and international level coupled with anecdotes."" * My Kind of Town magazine * ""A must for all soccer fans."" -- Keith Hackett * ex-FIFA referee *
"""Thanks for whisking me back to the 1980s with this new book. I'd forgotten so much of it ! A nostalgic and intensely thought-provoking reminder. Exhaustively researched and a great read."" -- Alan Biggs * Talksport football reporter and Sheffield Live host * ""Get the book it really is a fascinating read."" -- Steve White * BBC Radio Sheffield * ""Throughout there is a recollection of nuggets from the decade - the government's failed membership scheme, the television blackout... the book allows the reader to reflect on thinking from another age."" * TheSubstantive.com * ""For a child of the 90s and early 2000s, this is very educational."" -- Raf Diallo * Sports Journalist, RTE * ""Fabulous book packed with stories of how the game was changing at a national and international level coupled with anecdotes."" * My Kind of Town magazine * ""A must for all soccer fans."" -- Keith Hackett * ex-FIFA referee *"
Author Information
Richard Crooks has written two critically acclaimed books on football in the 1960s and 1970s, Grandad, What Was Football Like in the 1960s?/1970s? as well as his 2018 tome Wednesday v United: The Sheffield Derby. Taking a keen interest in all things football, he has written for newspapers, football magazines and club programmes about the game he loves as well as appearing on television and national radio. He lives in Hertfordshire.
