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by Simon Lowe (2002) Paperback 240x159mm
256 pages. Illustrated
ISBN 1-874287-55-4
£11.99
The hardback edition is out of print
"The book presents an illuminating mix of biography, anecdote
and club history and bears testament to the author's exhaustive
research." Green 'Un.
"Superb ... a cracking good read and a great insight ... the stories are superb ... the best bits are the favourite moment and worst nightmare for each player ... side-splittingly funny ... This book should be an essential addition to the bookcases of all Stokies." Stoke Sentinel.
"A real Christmas cracker, an absolutely essential addition ... Over 250 well-written pages ... The book, printed and proof-read to Desert Island Books' usual high standard, is laid out simply and clearly ... It is a credit to Simon's thorough research and scholarship that his book raises so many debating points ... a super read." Potters Monthly.
CONTENTS:
Preface Jimmy Greenhoff 7
1 Stoking the Fires
No 1 Tom Slaney
No 2 Tommy Clare
No 3 William Rowley
No 4 Alf Underwood
No 5 Jack Eccles
No 6 George Clawley
No 7 Joe Schofield
No 8 Willie Maxwell
No 9 Jimmy Bradley
No 10 Tommy Holford
No 11 George Baddeley
2 The Wilderness Years
No 12 Mart Watkins
No 13 Dr LR Roose
No 14 George Turner
No 15 Alec Milne
No 16 Jack Peart
No 17 Billy Tempest
No 18 Arty Watkin
No 19 Bob Whittingham
No 20 Tom Brittleton
3 The Yo-Yo Years
No 21 Bob McGrory
No 22 Jimmy Broad
No 23 Bob Dixon
No 24 Harry Sellars
No 25 Harry Davies
No 26 Walter Bussey
No 27 Billy Spencer
No 28 Bobby Archibald
No 29 Charlie Wilson
No 30 Joe Mawson
4 Back in the Big Time
No 31 Bobby Liddle
No 32 Tommy Sale
No 33 Roy John
No 34 Norman Wilkinson
No 35 Arthur Turner
No 36 Arthur Tutin
No 37 Frank Soo
No 38 Sir Stanley Matthews
No 39 Joe Johnson
No 40 Freddie Steele
5 The £10 Team
No 41 Frank Baker
No 42 Alec Ormston
No 43 Billy Mould
No 44 John McCue
No 45 Dennis Herod
No 46 Neil Franklin
No 47 George Mountford
No 48 Frank Mountford
No 49 Jock Kirton
No 50 Johnny Sellars
No 51 Frank Bowyer
6 The Bad Lads
No 52 Kenny Thomson
No 53 Harry Oscroft
No 54 Tim Coleman
No 55 Johnny King
No 56 Don Ratcliffe
No 57 Bill Asprey
No 58 Tony Allen
No 59 Dennis Wilshaw
7 The Old Crocks
No 60 Jimmy O’Neill
No 61 Jackie Mudie
No 62 Dennis Viollet
No 63 Eric Skeels
No 64 Eddie Clamp
No 65 Jimmy McIlroy
No 66 Peter Dobing
No 67 Calvin Palmer
No 68 Harry Burrows
No 69 George Eastham O.B.E.
8 Glory Hunters
No 70 Gordon Banks O.B.E.
No 71 John Ritchie
No 72 Jimmy Greenhoff
No 73 Alan Bloor
No 74 Denis Smith
No 75 Jackie Marsh
No 76 Mike Pejic
No 77 John Mahoney
No 78 Terry Conroy
No 79 Alan Dodd
No 80 Alan Hudson
9 Homegrown Heroes
No 81 Garth Crooks
No 82 Brendan O’Callaghan
No 83 Peter Fox
No 84 Adrian Heath
No 85 Paul Bracewell
No 86 Sammy McIlroy M.B.E.
No 87 Mickey Thomas
No 88 Mark Chamberlain
No 89 George Berry
No 90 Steve Bould
10 The Ice Age
No 91 Peter Beagrie
No 92 John Butler
No 93 Ian Cranson
No 94 Lee Sandford
No 95 Vince Overson
No 96 Nigel Gleghorn
No 97 Mark Stein
No 98 Larus Sigurdsson
No 99 Mike Sheron
No 100 Peter Thorne
No 101 Graham Kavanagh