Football club histories come in all shapes and sizes. They range from old, old football books and pamphlets, detailing the early days of a club's history to contemporary football books, offering an up to date profile of hundreds of football clubs, domestic and international. Sometimes the club history is harder to discover. A souvenir guide and football programme for a fund raising event in 1925 might contain details of stallholders and the programme of entertainment at the event. But it also turns out to contain a detailed and fascinating history of Bury Football Club in its first fifty years of existence too.
Although Thomas Elyot mentions football in his VERY old football book in 1531, "football is nothinge but beastlie furie and extreme violence"and we know that mention of people palying football stretches back to at least the 1100s, the Football Association first codified a uniform set of rules for football in England in 1863. Up until then there had been several versions of rules for football. The agreed, uniform codification of football rules coincided with, or most probably came out of the increase in numbers of new football clubs. Clubs, such as Sheffield, Hallam FC, Crazy Wanderers, Worksop Town, Notts County, Stoke City and Bradford Park Avenue all were born between 1857 and 1863. Some are as familiar to us today, some have become defunct. Defunct or still thriving, all these football clubs have fascinating histories of their rises and falls, ebbs and flows of progress in football competition.
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Illustrated profiles of 100 Cambridge players from the early 20th century to the 1990s. 8vo. 128pp. Paperback. Very good condition.
£8.00
This history of the Bees was published to co-incide with their Centenary in 1989. Paperback. 4to. 400pp. Illustrated throughout. Laminated paper wrappers, lightly rubbed. Good condition.
£38.00
Illustrated entries on key players, characters, events and all things Brentford FC. 8vo. 140pp. Paperback. Very good condition.
£9.00
Rare history of Abercorn Football Club, one of the founder members of the Scottish League. Paperback. Stapled booklet. 8vo. 36pp. Very good condition.
£30.00
History of Aberdeen Football Club, with many statistics etc. Large 8vo. 384pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.
£9.00
The story of Aberdeen Football Club's appearances in Scottish Cup Finals from their first appearance in 1937 up to the successes under Alex Ferguson in the 1980s, featuring reminiscences from players and
£9.00
Drawing heavily on the photo library of the Aberdeen Evening Express this is a complete pictorial chronicle of Aberdeen Football Club. The Dons started life as three separate entities in the old Northern
£7.00
Football book. This history covers every game played by Aberdeen over the past forty years. All the games are listed in chronological order with match result, team line-up, goalscorers and opposition line-up. Paperback.
£10.00
The sportswriter from the Aberdeen Evening Express gives an illustrated appraisal of ten of the best players to represent Aberdeen Football Club, from George Hamilton to Jim Leighton. 8vo. 160pp. Paperback.
£9.00
The illustrated story of Aberdeen Football Club from its origins to the late 1990s. 4to. 96pp. Dust-wrapper, good.
£8.00
Football book. A complete statistical history of one of the great names of English football that went out of the professional game in the 1961-62 season and have recently returned. Thick 8vo. 416pp. Illustrated,
£14.00
Published to mark the club's first ever promotion to the Second Division. Includes a detailed historical account of their early history. Paperback. 4to. 76pp. Profusely illustrated. Illustrated covers.
£16.00
A lively and comprehensive telling of the history of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club from 1901 to 2001, featuring numerous illustrations including rare archival material. 4to. 243pp. Dust-wrapper.
£20.00
Contains biographical details of each one of the 829 players who pulled on an Albion shirt between 1901 and 1997. 4to. 368pp. Illustrated, mainly player portraits. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. A heavy
£18.00
Excellent pictorial history of Brighton. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Dust-wrapper, very good condition.
£9.00
A full and illustrated account of Jose Mourinho's inaugural season of 2004/05 at Chelsea Football Club, during which he steered them to victory in the Premiership and the Carling Cup. 8vo. 287pp. Dust
£9.00
Pen portraits of the over 700 players who have pulled on the green and white since the founding of the famous Glasgow club. Large 8vo. 464pp. Profusely illustrated. Illustrated dust-wrappers, lightly
£24.00
Booklet faithfully reproducing a 1948 original edition of the club's early history. 8vo. 69pp. Paperback. Covers are lightly rubbed. Very good condition.
£18.00
Photographic history of the club. 8vo. 128pp. Paperback. Fine condition.
£9.00
Photographic history of the club. 8vo. 128pp. Paperback. Fine condition.
£9.00
A great selection of top Gunners games, from Woolwich Arsenal in the 1890s up to the FA Cup Final of 2005, nicely illustrated with photographic and archival images. 4to. 160pp. Paperback. Very good condition.
£8.00
A lavish photograph album which was presented to Commander A.F. Bone (probably in 1951), a Director of Arsenal Football Club from 1946 until his death in 1962. Contains over 50 fine quality photographs,
£3,800.00
Part of the Famous Football Club series. Paperback. 133pp. A couple of very light creases to covers. A very good copy.
£18.00
A comprehensive guide to every player who has appeared for the Gunners at first team level since 1886, with more than 800 player biographies, including Woolwich Arsenal. Small folio. 304pp. Illustrated.
£10.00
Lavish photographic record of Arsenal's sensational "Double" season in 1970-71. 4to. 157pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white, including many portraits of the players. Owner's name to
£40.00
The definitive record of the Gunners since 1886, with every game, every player and every record listed. Thick 8vo. 416pp. Illustrations in the text, some full-page. Dust-wrapper, very good.
£20.00
New edition of the Arsenal complete playing record, covering the 1989 League Championship title. 8vo. 416pp. Illustrated. Dust-wrapper, very good.
£20.00
A complete pictorial chronicle of the Gunners from the 19th Century, through their glory years in the 1930s, right up to their 1990-91 League triumph. 4to. 256pp. Profusely illustrations throughout. Dust-wrapper, very
£12.00
Two volumes in slipcase, by Jon Palmer and The F.A.Cup Winners by Steve Bradley celebrating the 1988 Double by the Gunners. 2 volumes in laminated card slipcase, which is badly torn, in very poor
£10.00
A fine history of the Gunners from 1886. 8vo. 176pp. 16 plates. Dust-wrapper, price-clipped. Very good condition.
£10.00
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