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Got, Not Got
Derek Hammond
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Description for Got, Not Got
Hardcover. Football used to be better in the past - and here's the proof. Got, Not Got focuses on British football's apparent lost Utopia of the '60s, '70s and '80s - the fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mudbaths and cloggers, of 00-scale games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. It evokes the feel and smell of football past, its rituals and relics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Football used to be better in the past - and here's the proof. Got, Not Got focuses on British football's apparent lost Utopia of the '60s, '70s and '80s - the fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mudbaths and cloggers, of miniature, carpet-level games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. It evokes the feel and smell of football past, its rituals and relics. But there's more to the agreeably grumpy authors' vision than a hilarious, heartstring-tugging celebration of everything we miss in modern football. Here are hundreds of beautiful images of a lost football culture, pin-sharp observations and memories shared by generations of ... Read more
Football used to be better in the past - and here's the proof. Got, Not Got focuses on British football's apparent lost Utopia of the '60s, '70s and '80s - the fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mudbaths and cloggers, of miniature, carpet-level games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. It evokes the feel and smell of football past, its rituals and relics. But there's more to the agreeably grumpy authors' vision than a hilarious, heartstring-tugging celebration of everything we miss in modern football. Here are hundreds of beautiful images of a lost football culture, pin-sharp observations and memories shared by generations of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Hove, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908051141
SKU
V9781908051141
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Derek Hammond
Derek Hammond has written about football and music for FourFourTwo, club programmes, mirror.co.uk and the NME. Gary Silke is editor of The Fox, one of the original and oldest football fanzines still in existence. They have provided football cards for The Onion Bag, BBC1's Match of the Seventies/Eighties and the National Football Museum.
Reviews for Got, Not Got
Shortlisted for the Best Football Book at the 2012 British Sports Book Awards; "The best book about football written in the last 20 years." - Bill Borrows, Esquire; "A veritable Dundee cake of a book." - Danny Kelly, talkSPORT; "Recalling a more innocent time before Sky Sports and millionaire players, Got, Not Got is a long soak in a warm, ... Read more