Football: Those Were the Days

Informationen zum Autor Captain Featherstone-Dawes attended Harrow school and read Classics at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he achieved the remarkable feat of gaining a Blue for cricket and rugger. Following a commission in the Household Cavalry – he was Army golfing champion four years running – he took up a position with the Foreign Office, which he holds to this day. He is a keen amateur tennis player and watercolourist. On suggestion from a close friend he has taken up writing. In the good old days of association football there was no such thing as WAGs, the balls were made from rhino hide, and players made their way to the field by tram. And the rudest thing you could say to a referee was, "Hoy, referee! Do you need spectacles?" "Those Were The Days: Football" journeys back through the photo archives to find photos of prewar football accompanied by a sparkling commentary, delivered in a Pathe news style that wouldn't go amiss delivered by Mr Cholmondley-Warner (of Harry Enfield fame). Those were the days when you could still smoke while playing center forward, when games often ended 6-6, and a broken leg was no excuse to miss the second half. Zusammenfassung An amusing step back in time to when football was a much simpler game

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Davies, Captain William Featherstone-Dawes
• Edition: Pavilion Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 06.10.2011
• EAN: 9781907554445
• ISBN: 978-1-907554-44-5
• Pages: 144
• Thème: Those Were the Days...
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Histoire par pays/région; Livres de conseils > Sport > Sports de balle/ballon; SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, HISTORY / General, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Nostalgia: general, Title;