The title : the story of the First Division /
by Murray, Scott.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2017Description: viii, 344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781472936615 (hbk.) :; 1472936612 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 796.3346 MURSubject(s): Football League -- History | Soccer -- England -- History | Sport | SportSummary: Today the top flight of English football is inescapable: a multi-billion-pound, star-studded beast shrieking from our screens and newspapers seven days a week and presented as the be-all and end-all of the game's history. Yet, prior to the Premier League's inception in 1992, there's a rich tapestry winding back to 1888 and the formation of the Football League. In 'The Title' Scott Murray delivers a lively, cherry-picked history of the country's football narrative through the prism of the old First Division.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.3346 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002948228X |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Today the top flight of English football is inescapable: a multi-billion-pound, star-studded beast shrieking from our screens and newspapers seven days a week and presented as the be-all and end-all of the game's history. Yet, prior to the Premier League's inception in 1992, there's a rich tapestry winding back to 1888 and the formation of the Football League. In 'The Title' Scott Murray delivers a lively, cherry-picked history of the country's football narrative through the prism of the old First Division.
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