Black Boots and Football Pinks: 50 Lost Wonders of the Beautiful Game

by Daniel Gray

Ramshackle dugouts, matches played in fog, muddy goalmouths, the smell of tobacco, floodlight failure and of course Saturday evening pink newspapers... They were the gritty stardust which made football sparkle. Here, 50 such wonders are drawn together with evocative charm before they slip from memory altogether. Dedicating a chapter to each wonder, Gray's pieces read more like loveletters than essays.

Unashamedly nostalgic, this is a charming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472958861
• ISBN13: 9781472958860
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.4"