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Football Club Histories (I-P)

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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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#FEARLESS - THE SENSATIONAL STORY OF LEICESTER CITY'S 2015-16 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON

Lavishly illustrated magazine-style chronicle of Leicester's Premiership-winning season, featuring profiles and line-ups for every game. 4to. 82pp. Paperback. Very good condition.

£14.00

100 GREATS - IPSWICH TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

Full-page illustrated entries with biographies and statistics celebrating a selection of the club's biggest stars. 8vo. 128pp. Paperback. Very good condition.

£5.00

1980-81 - THE GREATEST SEASON IN IPSWICH TOWN'S HISTORY

A lively and limited-edition account of Ipswich Town Football Club's UEFA Cup winning season under Bobby Robson, packed with contributions from those involved, including profiles of the leading players

£14.00

25 SEASONS AT ANFIELD: THE COMPLETE RECORD 1977-78 TO 2001-02

A season-by-season analysis of Liverpool's players and performances within this golden period for the club. Every match, every scorer, etc listed. 8vo. 160pp. 6 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£9.00

25 SEASONS AT DEEPDALE: THE COMPLETE RECORD 1977-78 TO 2001-02

Season-by-season record of Preston North End from 1977-2002. 8vo. 160pp. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial boards, as new.

£15.00

43 YEARS WITH THE SAME BIRD: A LIVERPUDLIAN LOVE AFFAIR

The bird in question is, of course, the Liver Bird. A  fan's eye view of the ups and downs of the last half century at Liverpool Football Club. 8vo. 323pp. Dust-wrappers. Fine

£6.00

ALL ABOUT ARGYLE 1903-1963

Good history of Plymouth Argyle F.C with extensive statistical section, published for the Club's diamond jubilee. Paperback. First edition. Large 8vo (24 x 19cms). 128pp. Illus. Original pictorial wrappers,

£30.00

AMBER IN THE BLOOD. A HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY

Football book. A very good history of the Welsh club. 4to. 176pp. Illustrated boards. In very good condition.

£40.00

ANATOMY OF A FOOTBALL CLUB. THE HALYCYON YEARS OF HEADINGTON / OXFORD UNITED

 Written by the first Chairman of the Board and long standing Club Director. 8vo. 134pp. Blue faux leather covered boards, gilt title to spine. In original dust-wrapper, in fine condition. Signed

£80.00

THE ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES - NEWPORT COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB, 1912-1960

Photographic history of the club. 8vo. 128pp. Paperback. Fine condition.

£9.00

ARGYLE CLASSICS - MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN PLYMOUTH ARGYLE'S LEAGUE AND CUP HISTORY

Football book. A look at some of the great matches in the history of Plymouth Argyle, with many photographs. Small 4to. 350pp. Illustrated boards. Very good condition.

£9.00

ASTON VILLA: A PORTRAIT IN OLD PICTURE POSTCARDS

The history of Aston Villa Football Club from old postcards. Reprinted. Paperback. Paperback. Oblong 12mo. 88pp. Illustrated throughout. Very good.

£8.00

BACK FROM THE BRINK - THE UNTOLD STORY OF MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE DEPRESSION YEARS 1919-1932

An amusing and fascinating illustrated account of the Red Devils' honours-less inter-war period which culminated in the youth policy that paved the way for the Busby Babes, with a complete statistical

£5.00

BARNET AWAY

A fan's reflections on following Plymouth Argyle Football Club in recent seasons. 8vo. 167pp. Paperback. Fine condition.

£10.00

THE BATTLE FOR MANCHESTER CITY

The story of the break up of the great Man City side of Mercer and Allison and the grim years that followed. First edition. 8vo. 187pp. Photos. A very good copy in dust wrapper.

£6.00

THE BLACK 'N' WHITE ALPHABET: A COMPLETE WHO'S WHO OF NEWCASTLE UNITED F.C.

A complete record of the almost 1,000 players who have appeared in a first-class match for the Magpies since season 1892-93, each with biographies and the vast majority with a portrait of the player. Thick

£16.00

BLEAK & BLUE: 22 YEARS AT THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY OF FOOTBALL FARCE

The joys and frustrations of supporting Man City in their dark days. Paperback. 8vo. Very good condition.

£6.00

BLUE AND WHITE CRUSADE

The illustrated story of Ipswich Town Football Club's FA Cup winning campaign of 1978 under Bobby Robson. 8vo. 80pp. Paperback. Covers have been neatly laminated. Good condition.

£20.00

BLUE HEAVEN: MANCHESTER CITY'S GREATEST GAMES

Twelve City greats select the games that meant the most to them. For example, Asa Hartford picks the Manx derby at Maine Road in the 4th round of the 1975 FA Cup; Paul Power choses the 1981 FA Cup

£10.00

BLUEBEARD'S FISHY LOWESTOFT TALES - VOLUME TWO: 1992/93

An upbeat and illustrated account of Lowestoft Town Football Club's 1992/93 season, formed of transcribed and reproduced press-cuttings. 4to. 33pp. Spiral-bound paperback. Good condition.

£14.00

BLUEBELLS AND CUCKOOS - A HISTORY OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL IN THE PARISHES OF PENICUIK AND KIRKHILL 1882-1951

A look at the history of football in the area just south of Edinburgh. Paperback. 8vo. Very good condition.

£18.00

BOB PAISLEY'S LIVERPOOL SCRAPBOOK

A chronicle of forty years at Liverpool seen through the eyes of one of the club's greatest servants. Paperback. Large 8vo. 144pp. Good condition.

£5.00

BOB PAISLEY'S PERSONAL VIEW OF THE LIVERPOOL FIRST TEAM SQUAD OF 1986-87

The legendary Liverpool Football Club manager gives his own appraisal of each player, including Dalglish, Hansen, Lawrenson and Grobelaar, in a series of fully illustrated profiles, plus his thoughts on

£10.00

THE BORO ALPHABET: A CENTURY OF MIDDLESBROUGH PLAYERS 1899-1999

Brief profiles, most with portraits, of every player to have played in a first team fixture for the Middlesbrough over a 100-year period. Paperback. 4to. 238pp. Illustrated, mainly portraits. Pictorial

£20.00

BOYS OF '72 - LEEDS UNITED'S FA CUP GLORY

The illustrated story of Leeds United Football Club's one and only victory in the FA Cup, which saw them triumph over Arsenal in the 1972 Wembley final during the illustrious Don Revie era, with the full

£9.00

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OXFORD CITY FOOTBALL CLUB - 75TH JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY 1957-58

A commemorative history of the Isthmian League's Oxford City FC, founded in 1882 and reformed in 1893, including black and white photographic illustrations. 8vo. 60pp. Paperback. Good condition.

£60.00

CANARY CITIZENS: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF NORWICH CITY F.C.

Football book. The complete story of Norwich City from the very humble beginnings at Newmarket Road through the epic cup run of 1958-59 and onto several League Cup Finals at Wembley. Large 4to. 352pp.

£28.00

CANARY CITIZENS: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF NORWICH CITY F.C.

Football book. The complete story of Norwich City from the very humble beginnings at Newmarket Road through the epic cup run of 1958-59 and onto several League Cup Finals at Wembley. Large 4to. 352pp.

£36.00

CENTENARY DABBERS - A HISTORY OF NANTWICH TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB 1884-1984

Centenary history of the club with many photographs and statistics. Paperback. 8vo. 72pp. Illustrated card covers. Very good condition. Signed by the author to title-page (not dedicated).

£22.00

THE CENTENARY HISTORY OF KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FOOTBALL CLUB

Chronological view of events, games and personalities that have shaped the history of the Harriers since the club started in 1886. Paperback.  Large 8vo. 215pp. Profusely illustrated. Dust-wrapper,

£32.00

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