Post by QPR Report on Dec 8, 2008 8:04:07 GMT
Haven't seen the book; but it sounds great. Certainly better than some of the "autobiographies" of some 21 year-old player 
- Daily Mirror When Football Was Football: New book takes nostalgic look at a century of the beautiful game 7/12/2008
[(Links to some great photos: See bottom of article]
Joe Cole’s girlfriend didn’t do much in the I’m A Celebrity jungle… but she did manage to sum up why more and more people are falling out of love with modern football.
With the country facing a credit crunched Christmas, Carly Zucker’s moan to her camp-mates about the "burden" of being super-rich epitomised the ever-widening gulf between ordinary fans and the £100,000-a-week brigade.
It was enough to make you pine for the days when the people’s game really belonged to the people – a time celebrated in our brilliant new book When Football Was Football.
Stacked with rare and never-seen-before pictures from the Daily Mirror archives, When Football Was Football celebrates the golden age before WAGs and prawn sandwiches – when supporters didn’t need to take out a second mortgage to follow their team and their working class heroes took the bus, not the baby Bentley, home after 90 minutes on a quagmire pitch.
Inside you’ll find the first-ever Mirror match report – Millwall 0 Middlesbrough 2 in February 1904, with familiar controversy over an ‘offside goal’ – as well the stories behind great games and legendary names like Matt Busby, Stanley Matthews, Bill Shankly, Tom Finney and Dixie Dean.
You’ll see Bobby Charlton playing football with his mum in a cobbled street, German prisoners of war clearing the terraces at Bolton’s Burnden Park and Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty outlining tactics to his players using that most modern of methods… a Subbuteo board.
When Football Was Football sums up a rougher but better time, before dodgy divers, biscuit-cutter stadiums and armchair fans. An era of muddy shirts, team baths, lace-up boots, one-club men, flat caps and fedoras. Somewhere in its pages you’ll find the real heart of our game.
Quite simply it’s about a time when football was football.
* When Football was Football is published by Haynes, £18.99.
Some great Photos: Need to click on the link to go through
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/12/07/when-football-was-football-new-book-takes-nostalgic-look-at-a-century-of-the-beautiful-game-115875-20954181/
- Leeds United footballer Jack Charlton smoking a cigarette during a training session (August 1970)
- Manchester United playboy George Best poses on the bonnet of his car with Miss UK girlfriend Jennifer Lowe (October 1966)
Tottenham Hotspur players pose for a group photograph at White Hart Lane (March 1961)
Stoke City hero Stanley Matthews poses for a picture(September 1962)
Matt Busby and players celebrating winning Division 1 with champagne in the bath (April 1957)
Cumbernauld United 1968 football Kenny Dalglish on right club mascot Fiona Gibb
Bobby Charlton of Manchester United recovers after the Munich plane disaster in 1958
Scotland international football squad, 1967 Back: Alex Ferguson,
Dave Smith, Pat Stanton, Bobby Ferguson, Jim Cruickshank, Billy McNeill, Tommy Gemmell Front: John Greig, Peter Cormack, Willie Henderson, John Clark, Jimmy Wilson, Steve Chalmers, Bobby Lennox
Spurs hardman Dave McKay footballer grabs Leeds star Billy Bremner by the shirt
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/12/07/when-football-was-football-new-book-takes-nostalgic-look-at-a-century-of-the-beautiful-game-115875-20954181/
And from Amazon
When Football Was Football: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of Football (Hardcover) by Richard Havers
Product Description
This title features the pre 1960s and the first GBP100 a week footballer (Johnny Haynes - now there's a coincidence!). Football was the preserve of the working man who attended matches in vast numbers. It was a working class pursuit and one that attracted people through a fierce tribalism and loyalty to 'your team'. With the advent of footballers being paid well above the national wage it has gone from being a sport to a business. "When Football Was Football" is a fully illustrated book that takes us through the Century of English football from the photographic and written archives of the "Daily Mirror".'You'd be forgiven for thinking football was invented in 1992' - Oliver Holt. 'It's not a matter of life and death it's more important than that' - Bill Shankly. Key and previously unseen photographs will include: 1905 - Chelsea formed at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), and Fulham Road; 1926 - Huddersfield becomes the first team to win the league three times in succession; 1928 - Chelsea and Arsenal become first teams to play with shirt numbers (25 August); and 1939 - League is abandoned three games into the season with the outbreak WW2.
About the Author
Richard spent twenty years working in the airline industry before deciding to pursue his passion for writing. His books include Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey, Rolling with the Stones, co-written with Bill Wyman; Sinatra, an illustrated biography of Frank Sinatra. He has co-authored My Take, Gary Barlow's autobiography & The Brooklyn Boy, Tony Visconti's autobiography. He's written sleeve notes for various record labels and appears regularly on radio and on TV. This is his first book on football.
www.amazon.co.uk/When-Football-Was-Nostalgic-Century/dp/1844256693/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228723275&sr=1-1
- Daily Mirror When Football Was Football: New book takes nostalgic look at a century of the beautiful game 7/12/2008
[(Links to some great photos: See bottom of article]
Joe Cole’s girlfriend didn’t do much in the I’m A Celebrity jungle… but she did manage to sum up why more and more people are falling out of love with modern football.
With the country facing a credit crunched Christmas, Carly Zucker’s moan to her camp-mates about the "burden" of being super-rich epitomised the ever-widening gulf between ordinary fans and the £100,000-a-week brigade.
It was enough to make you pine for the days when the people’s game really belonged to the people – a time celebrated in our brilliant new book When Football Was Football.
Stacked with rare and never-seen-before pictures from the Daily Mirror archives, When Football Was Football celebrates the golden age before WAGs and prawn sandwiches – when supporters didn’t need to take out a second mortgage to follow their team and their working class heroes took the bus, not the baby Bentley, home after 90 minutes on a quagmire pitch.
Inside you’ll find the first-ever Mirror match report – Millwall 0 Middlesbrough 2 in February 1904, with familiar controversy over an ‘offside goal’ – as well the stories behind great games and legendary names like Matt Busby, Stanley Matthews, Bill Shankly, Tom Finney and Dixie Dean.
You’ll see Bobby Charlton playing football with his mum in a cobbled street, German prisoners of war clearing the terraces at Bolton’s Burnden Park and Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty outlining tactics to his players using that most modern of methods… a Subbuteo board.
When Football Was Football sums up a rougher but better time, before dodgy divers, biscuit-cutter stadiums and armchair fans. An era of muddy shirts, team baths, lace-up boots, one-club men, flat caps and fedoras. Somewhere in its pages you’ll find the real heart of our game.
Quite simply it’s about a time when football was football.
* When Football was Football is published by Haynes, £18.99.
Some great Photos: Need to click on the link to go through
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/12/07/when-football-was-football-new-book-takes-nostalgic-look-at-a-century-of-the-beautiful-game-115875-20954181/
- Leeds United footballer Jack Charlton smoking a cigarette during a training session (August 1970)
- Manchester United playboy George Best poses on the bonnet of his car with Miss UK girlfriend Jennifer Lowe (October 1966)
Tottenham Hotspur players pose for a group photograph at White Hart Lane (March 1961)
Stoke City hero Stanley Matthews poses for a picture(September 1962)
Matt Busby and players celebrating winning Division 1 with champagne in the bath (April 1957)
Cumbernauld United 1968 football Kenny Dalglish on right club mascot Fiona Gibb
Bobby Charlton of Manchester United recovers after the Munich plane disaster in 1958
Scotland international football squad, 1967 Back: Alex Ferguson,
Dave Smith, Pat Stanton, Bobby Ferguson, Jim Cruickshank, Billy McNeill, Tommy Gemmell Front: John Greig, Peter Cormack, Willie Henderson, John Clark, Jimmy Wilson, Steve Chalmers, Bobby Lennox
Spurs hardman Dave McKay footballer grabs Leeds star Billy Bremner by the shirt
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/12/07/when-football-was-football-new-book-takes-nostalgic-look-at-a-century-of-the-beautiful-game-115875-20954181/
And from Amazon
When Football Was Football: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of Football (Hardcover) by Richard Havers
Product Description
This title features the pre 1960s and the first GBP100 a week footballer (Johnny Haynes - now there's a coincidence!). Football was the preserve of the working man who attended matches in vast numbers. It was a working class pursuit and one that attracted people through a fierce tribalism and loyalty to 'your team'. With the advent of footballers being paid well above the national wage it has gone from being a sport to a business. "When Football Was Football" is a fully illustrated book that takes us through the Century of English football from the photographic and written archives of the "Daily Mirror".'You'd be forgiven for thinking football was invented in 1992' - Oliver Holt. 'It's not a matter of life and death it's more important than that' - Bill Shankly. Key and previously unseen photographs will include: 1905 - Chelsea formed at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), and Fulham Road; 1926 - Huddersfield becomes the first team to win the league three times in succession; 1928 - Chelsea and Arsenal become first teams to play with shirt numbers (25 August); and 1939 - League is abandoned three games into the season with the outbreak WW2.
About the Author
Richard spent twenty years working in the airline industry before deciding to pursue his passion for writing. His books include Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey, Rolling with the Stones, co-written with Bill Wyman; Sinatra, an illustrated biography of Frank Sinatra. He has co-authored My Take, Gary Barlow's autobiography & The Brooklyn Boy, Tony Visconti's autobiography. He's written sleeve notes for various record labels and appears regularly on radio and on TV. This is his first book on football.
www.amazon.co.uk/When-Football-Was-Nostalgic-Century/dp/1844256693/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228723275&sr=1-1