Football Grounds from the Air: Then and Now

by Aerofilms (Author)

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  2001

  $3.95

  In the past 15 years, as a result of the tragedies at Valley Parade and Hillsborough, there have been dramatic changes to the facilities provided at football grounds for spectators. Gone are the familiar terraces, to be replaced with new all-seater stands. For certain clubs, the needs for investment led to a decision to build a brand new ground away from the traditional site; teams such as Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Reading, Southampton, Sunderland and Wigan Athletic are now happily settled into new multi-million pound stadia and the trend is certain to continue with teams such as Arsenal, Everton and Liverpool exploring the possibility of relocation. Such have been the dramatic changes over this decade, that it is very easy to forget that the country's football stadia have been evolving over more than a century; compare, for example, a photograph of Highbury or Old Trafford in the 1920s with a similar view today and the changes that occurred in the intervening period are, perhaps, equally dramatic. Drawing upon the photographic archives of the Aerofilms company, which has been recording Britain from the air for more than 80 years, supplemented by the photographs that have been taken over the past few years for the best-selling Aerofilms Guide: Football Grounds, this is a graphic portrait of the changing face of British football over the years. Each club featured is provided with an historic shot to allow a direct comparison with the contemporary scene, and the photographs are supplemented by a detailed and well-informed commentary highlighting the significant changes over the years.

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.28

  This guide includes aerial photo-maps of foo tball grounds as they appeared in the past and compares and contrasts them with modern grounds. The photographs cover a time span of almost 80 years. '