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by Thomas Taw (2009) Paperback 234x156mm
256 pages
ISBN: 978-1-905328-57-4
£14.99
The hardback edition is out of print
"In January 1888, before knocking the holders out of the FA Cup, Preston North End's captain Jack Ross told Aston Villa 'boss' William McGregor: 'Your men have no chance; if our forwards let you touch the ball at all, I shall soon get it.' Afterwards, Villa needed games. McGregor wrote to four clubs. The became twelve, and were called Apostles. The Football League was born."
CONTENTS:
Introduction
1 The High Rip Gang
2 The Riddle of the Invincibles
3 ‘Mangling Done Here’
4 The Other Eleven
5 ‘Invincibility Lost’
6 ‘Where are the Scots, Rob Roy?’
7 Nazareth Suffers Cowardly Terrorism
8 The League as a Class Act
9 ‘If it’s Christmas, it must be Sunday’
10 ‘Cropper was a stranger to me’
11 Each Match Meant Something
12 ‘Shift the stand or a row of houses’
Bibliography
Index & Glossary of Personalities Mentioned