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Association Football

1874-1900
Charles ALCOCK : Football - Our Winter Game
(1874 Field)
M SHEARMAN & J VINCENT : Foot-Ball - Its History for Five Centuries
(1885 Field & Tuer)
Montague SHEARMAN : Athletics and Football
(1887 Longmans, Green - Badminton Library Series)
Charles ALCOCK : Football - The Association Game
(1890 George Bell)
D D BONE : Scottish Football - Reminiscences and Sketches
(1890 Aird & Coghill)
C W ALCOCK & Roland HILL : Famous Footballers and Athletes
(1895-6 Hudson & Kearns)
J A H CATTO
("Tityrus") : The Rise of the Leaguers 1863-1897 (1897 Sporting Chronicle)
John GOODALL : Association Football
(1898 Blackwood)
A BUDD & C B FRY : Football
(1898 Lawrence & Bullen - Suffolk Sporting Series) - pb
N L JACKSON : Association Football
(1899 Newnes)
J A H CATTO : The Real Football
(1900 Sands)

1901-1920
Montague SHEARMAN : FOOTBALL
(1904 Longmans Badminton Library)
Alfred GIBSON & William PICKFORD : Association Football and the Men Who Made It
(1905 Caxton) - 4 vols
VARIOUS : The Book of Football
(1906 Amalgamated Press)
Joseph BARON : Blackburn Rovers - Handy History of the Famous Blue and Whites
from Origin to 1906-7
(1906 Blackburn Weekly Telegraph Pb)
B O CORBETT : Annals of the Corinthian Football Club
(1906 Longmans Green)
John CAMERON : The White Hart - Souvenir of Spurs' Entry to the English League
(1908 J Cameron Pb)
R M CONNELL
(as "Bedouin") : Scottish League Football (1908 James Cameron)
E H D SEWELL : The Book of Football
(1911 Dent)
British Sports & Sportsmen : Cricket and Football
(1917 The Sportsman)
+ a De Luxe Edition of 1000 copies
History of Queen's Park 1867-1917
(1920 Hay Nisbett)
Richard ROBINSON : History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867-1917
(1920 Hay Nisbett)

1921-1940
C E WODEHOUSE-TEMPLE & A E KNIGHT : Captains of Football
(1921 Amalgamated Press)
John ALLAN : The Story of Rangers 1873-1923
(1923 PP)
William REID : Story of the Hearts - A 50 Years Retrospect 1874-1924
(1924 Bishop)
Douglas STEWARD : How to Play Soccer
(1924 American Publ Co, US)
G G LERRY : Association Football in Wales 1870-1924
(1924 PP)
Charles FRANCIS : The History of Blackburn Rovers FC 1875-1925
(1925 Toulmin)
Richard SPARLING : The Romance of the Wednesday 1867-1926
(1926 Leng)
J A H CATTO
(as "Tityrus") : Wickets and Goals (1926 Chapman & Hall)
C SUTCLIFFE & F HARGEARVES : History of the Lancashire Football Association
(1928 Toulmin)
Thomas KEATES : History of the Everton Football Club
(1929 Thomas Brakell)
Frank JOHNSON : Manchester City Football Club - Souvenir History
(1930 Holtes Pb)
John GRAVES : The Boys Book of Association Football
(1931 G Bell & Sons)
N LANE JACKSON : Sporting Days and Sporting Ways
(1932 Hurst & Blackett)
W CAPEL KIRBY & F CARTER : The Mighty Kick - Romance, History & Humour of Football
(1933 Jarrolds)
John GRAVES : Herbert Chapman on Football
(1934 Garrick)
(Ed) Frank JOHNSTON : The Football Encyclopaedia (1935 The Leader)
(Ed) Frank JOHNSTON : The Football Who's Who (1935 The Leader)
Sir Frederick WALL : Fifty Years of Football
(1935 Cassell)
News Chronicle Football Annual 1935/6
(1936 News Chronicle) - pb
C SUTCLIFFE : The Story of the Football League 1888-1938
(1938 Football League Ltd)
George ALLINSON : The Inside Story of Football
(1938 Quaker Oats)
Willie MALEY : The Story of Celtic - A Jubilee History 1888-1938
(1939 Villafield)

1941-1950
Thomas WALSH : Twenty Years of Irish Soccer
(1941 Sports Publicity Services Pb)
Florence L HUPPRICH : Soccer and Speedball for Girls
(1942 A S Barnes, US)
Tommy LAWTON : Football is My Business
(1946 Sporting Handbooks)
Roy PESKETT : Tommy Lawton - Football is My Game
(1948 Sporting Handbooks) - [same as above ?]
G WAGSTAFFE-SIMMONS : Tottenham Hotspur Football Club - Its Birth & Progress 1882-1946
(1947 Tottenham Hotspur FC)
Peter DOHERTY : Spotlight on Football
(1947 Sporting Handbooks)
Billy STEEL : How to Play Football
(1948 C & J Temple)
Leslie KNIGHTON : Behind the Scenes in Big Football
(1948 Stanley Paul)
George ALLINSON : Allison Calling
(1948 Staple Press)
Noel TARBOTTOM : From Fosse to City - A Comprehensive & Pictorial record of Leicester's Senior
Soccer Club 1884-1948
(1948 Leicester Evening Mail Pb)
Stanley MATTHEWS : Feet First
(1948 Ewen & Dale)
Know the Game - Association Football
(1948 EP publ)
Geoffrey GREEN : The Official History of the FA Cup 1872-1949
(1949 Naldrett Press)
Stan MORTENSEN : Football is My Game
(1949 Sampson Low)
Raich CARTER : Footballer's Progress
(1950 Sporting Handbooks)
Brian GLANVILLE & Cliff BASTIN : Cliff Bastin Remembers
(1950 Ettrick)
William
(Billy) Ambrose WRIGHT : Captain of England (1950 Stanley Paul)

1951-1960
John ARLOTT : Concerning Soccer
(1952 Longmans, Green)
Ron BURGESS : Football - My Life
(1952 Souvenir)
Ivan SHARPE : 40 Years in Football
(1952 Hutchinson)
Alf RAMSEY : Talking Football
(1952 Stanley Paul)
Geoffrey GREEN : Soccer - The World Game
(1953 Phoenix House)
Geoffrey GREEN : The History of the Football Association
(1953 Naldrett)
Nat LOFTHOUSE : Goals Galore
(1954 Stanley Paul)
Denzil BATCHELOR : Soccer - A History of Association Football
(1954 Batsford)
Charles BUCHAN : A Lifetime in Football
(1955 Phoenix House)
Morris MARPLES : A History of Football
(1955 Secker & Warburg 21/-)
Soccer - The World Game
(1956 Pan Books)
John CHARLES : King of Soccer
(1957 Stanley Paul)
D B N JACK & Matt BUSBY : Matt Busby - My Story
(1957 Souvenir)
Jackie MILBURN : Golden Goals
(1957 Stanley Paul)
Brian GLANVILLE & Jerry WEINSTEIN : World Cup
(1958 Robert Hale)
Stanley MATTHEWS : Feet First
(1958 Ewen & Dale)
Stanley CULLIS : All for the Wolves
(1960 Hart-Davis)
(Ed) A H FABIAN & Geoffrey GREEN : Association Football (1960 Caxton) - 4 vols
Walter WINTERBOTTOM : Training for Soccer - Official FA Coaching Manual
(1960 Heinemann)

1961-1970
Percy M YOUNG : Bolton Wanderers
(1961 Stanley Paul)
Dave MACKAY : Soccer My Spur
(1961 Stanley Paul)
Terence DELANEY : The Footballer's Fireside Book
(1961 Heinemann)
Danny BLANCHFLOWER : The Double and Before
(1962 Nicholas Kaye)
Brian GLANVILLE : The King of Hackney Marshes
(1965 Secker & Warburg)
John MOYNIHAN : The Soccer Syndrome
(1966 MacGibbon & Kee)
Duncan EDWARDS : Tackle Soccer This Way
(1968 Stanley Paul)
R C CHURCHILL : Sixty Seasons of League Football
(1968 Penguin Pb)
Roger MACDONALD : Manchester United in Europe
(1968 Pelham)
Brian GLANVILLE : The Puffin Book of Football
(1970 Penguin) - pb
(Ed) Harry BROWN : Football League Book No 1 (1970 Arthur Barker)

1971-1990
Albert SEWELL : The Observer's Book of Association Football
(1972 Warne)
Peter SHILTON : Shilton in Goal
(1974 Stanley Paul)
Pat PARTRIDGE & John GIBSON : Oh, Ref
(1979 Souvenir Press)
Desmond MORRIS : The Soccer Tribe
(1981 Cape)
Martin TYLER : Cup Final Extra
(1981 Hamlyn)
Harry BERRY & Geoff ALLMAN : Preston North End Football Club - 100 Years
at Deepdale 1881-1981
(1982 Preston NE FC)
Simon INGLIS : The Football Grounds of England & Wales
(1983 Collins Willow)
John HARDING : Football Wizard - The Story of Billy Meredith
(1984 Breedon Pb)
Jack ROLLIN : Soccer at War 1939-45
(1985 Collins)
Frank GRANDE : The Cobblers - The Story of Northampton Town FC
(1985 Sporting & Leisure)
David MILLER : England's Last Glory - The Boys of '66
(1986 Pavilion)
Bryon BUTLER : The Football League - The First 100 Years
(1988 Colour Library)
Jack ROLLIN : Soccer Shorts
(1988 Guinness Books)
Simon INGLIS : League Football and the Men Who Made It
(1988 Willow)
Gerald MORTIMER : Derby County - A Complete Record 1894-1988
(1988 Breedon Books)
(Ed) Martin LACEY : El Tel Was a Space Alien (1989 Juma Pb)
Simon MARLAND : Bolton Wanderers - A Complete Record 1877-1989
(1989 Breedon Books)
Eric WHITE : 100 Years of Brentford
(1989 Brentford FC) - et al
Simon INGLIS : The Football Grounds of Europe
(1990 Collins Willow)

1991 onwards
Andy BRADLEY & Roger TRIGGS : Home of the Shouting Men - The Complete
History of Gillingham 1893-1993
(1994 Gillingham FC)
Gail NEWSHAM : In a League of Their Own
(1994 Pride of Place)
Mike DAVAGE : Glorious Canaries Past and Present 1902-1994
(1995 Norwich FC)
Tony MATTHEWS & Peter WYATT : The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1868-1994
(1995 Stoke City FC)
Bernard GALLAGHER : Triumphs of the Football Field - Narrated by Archie Hunter
(1997 Sports Projects Pb £9.95)
Colm KERRIGAN : Gatling Gun George Hilsdon
(1997 Football Lives Pb £5.75)
Phil VASILI : The First Black Footballer - Arthur Wharton 1865-1930
(1998 Cass Pb £15)
Peter SEDDON : Steve Bloomer - The Story of Football's First Superstar
(1999 Breedon Books £14.99)
Tom BOWER : Broken Dreams - Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football
(2003 Simon & Schuster £17.99)
Nick HARRIS : England, Their England - The Definitive Story of Foreign Footballers
in the English Game since 1888
(2003 Pitch £18.99)
Geoff HARE : Football in France - A Cultural History
(2003 Berg £15.99)
(Ed) Gary Armstrong & Richard Giulianotti : Football in Africa - Conflict, Conciliation
and Community
(2004 Palgrave Macmillan £55)
Simon Martin : Football and Fascism - The National Game under Mussolini
(2005 Berg £16.99)
David Winner : Those Feet - A Sensual History of English Football
(2005 Bloomsbury £14.99)

READING
Peter J SEDDON : A Football Compendium - An Expert Guide to the Books, Films and
Music of Association Football
(1991 British Library)
(1999 British library. 2nd Ed £30)

Related Writers

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See also

Observer Books