The world's first football superstar /
by Arthur, Owen.
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BookPublisher: Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2022Description: 272 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781399083485 (hbk.) :; 1399083481 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 SMISubject(s): Smith, Stephen, 1874-1935 | Soccer players -- England -- Benson -- Biography | Soccer -- England -- History -- 19th century | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | Football (Soccer, Association football)Summary: Buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard of the small village of Benson in Oxfordshire lies the body of a footballing world champion from a bygone era shrouded in the mists of time. His name was Stephen Smith. This footballer of the Victorian and Edwardian era could claim as many league title winning medals as John Terry and Wayne Rooney, more league winners medals than Eric Cantona, Frank Lampard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer. This book is the never before told story of a footballer born at the end of the Industrial Revolution, son of agricultural labourers who became a miner, working underground combining that job with one as a professional footballer to rise to the top of the footballing world.
| 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 | 920 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003107859X |
Buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard of the small village of Benson in Oxfordshire lies the body of a footballing world champion from a bygone era shrouded in the mists of time. His name was Stephen Smith. This footballer of the Victorian and Edwardian era could claim as many league title winning medals as John Terry and Wayne Rooney, more league winners medals than Eric Cantona, Frank Lampard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer. This book is the never before told story of a footballer born at the end of the Industrial Revolution, son of agricultural labourers who became a miner, working underground combining that job with one as a professional footballer to rise to the top of the footballing world.
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