When footballers were skint : a journey in search of the soul of football /
Henderson, Jon, (Sportswriter)
When footballers were skint : a journey in search of the soul of football / Jon Henderson. - London : Biteback Publishing, 2018. - xxii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Long before television rights ushered in the age of the multi-millionaire footballer, the wages of professional players were capped so that they earned not much more than the national average wage. This was a time when the men who played for the great football clubs of Britain shared a bond of borderline penury with the fans they entertained. This book takes the first-hand accounts of a disappearing generation of footballers before their stories are lost for ever. Some of those stories are scarcely believable. All of us who call ourselves football fans owe this book's multifarious cast our thanks for giving the national game such a rich and deeply human heritage.
9781785903847 (hbk.) : 20.00 1785903845 (hbk.) : 20.00
Soccer--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Soccer players--Social conditions--Great Britain--20th century.
Wages--Soccer players--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Sport.
Sport.
GV944
796.334 HEN
When footballers were skint : a journey in search of the soul of football / Jon Henderson. - London : Biteback Publishing, 2018. - xxii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Long before television rights ushered in the age of the multi-millionaire footballer, the wages of professional players were capped so that they earned not much more than the national average wage. This was a time when the men who played for the great football clubs of Britain shared a bond of borderline penury with the fans they entertained. This book takes the first-hand accounts of a disappearing generation of footballers before their stories are lost for ever. Some of those stories are scarcely believable. All of us who call ourselves football fans owe this book's multifarious cast our thanks for giving the national game such a rich and deeply human heritage.
9781785903847 (hbk.) : 20.00 1785903845 (hbk.) : 20.00
Soccer--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Soccer players--Social conditions--Great Britain--20th century.
Wages--Soccer players--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Sport.
Sport.
GV944
796.334 HEN