When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football

Bought as Christmas present for for football mad husband who's season ticket holder. It includes footballers he'd forgotten & he relived childhood matches. He said it was a great read for any football fan.

Prompt delivery, great read!

Xmas present for my brother who loved it

top football book from a top seller

This is an incredibly well researched and written book. Certainly will please those who have an interest in the whole history of the game of football. That said, it will be well received even if you have little or no interest in the sport. It serves well as a documentation of social history. A serious book, although it is does contain reflections of times and places that will have you laughing both at the humour and the incredulity of bygone times.

OK but rather slow.

I have watched football for over sixty years and mostly agree with the sentiments of this book, which is a treasure trove of research. I found the first half harder going than the second half and wondered if the author was ever going to mention Sir Tom Finney, that working class genius. His play embodies the state of football in his era, tough uncompromising and unrewarded. The second half covered attitudes to the game, success and the players themselves. I was fascinated to read that the winning FA Cup manager would apologise to his counterpart on the losing side. The thing which stood out - football is not work. Finney, remember was a working plumber.

Excellent

A great read if you can relate to football in the 50's 60's.