Brian Glanville

A good read in preparation for the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico and for which England as holders did not have to qualify, George Best on front cover.

Brian Glanville's story of England managers from the end of the second world war to 2008; from Walter Winterbottom to the appointment of Fabio Capello. The good, the bad and everything in between. Includes a great appendix of every match played complete with line-ups, cap number etc.

A bit of a treasure trove. G.Curtis, Southampton, was taught soccer by his mother; R.O.Ferris, 'a foraging, tireless player' - today he would have a good engine; H.Kirtley was an apprentice colliery electrician; A.Nightingale was 'one of football's many golfers'.

These are short stories about football and boxing and the book itself, this copy, was discarded by Shropshire Libraries having seen lending activity in the Cleobury Mortimer area