When Football Was Football: Fulham: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club

When Football Was Football: Fulham: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club

by RichardAllen (Author)

Synopsis

This is a unique and magnificent collection of photographs of Fulham FC from the very early days until 2000-01, freshly selected from thousands of images in the Daily Mirror's extensive archive. These superb photos, many of them previously unpublished, document the rise, fall and rise again of London's oldest football team. It tells of the stars of the past: goal machine Ronnie Rooke, the eccentric Charlie Mitten, the peerless Johnny Haynes, and England's greatest right-back, George Cohen. Enjoy Fulham's 1960s heyday, Wembley in 1975, then the surge up the divisions in the late 1990s. It's all here. This book brings to life the periods, the personalities and the human stories - When Football Was Football!

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Published: 01 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 0857330497
ISBN 13: 9780857330499

Author Bio
Richard Allen is the writer behind the acclaimed Fulham Review annuals, sold outside Craven Cottage for the last four seasons. He recently researched and compiled a Fulham's 50 Greatest Players feature for The Times, and wishes he could have seen Haynes et al in action. Richard lives in South London with his partner Hady and their son Stanley, and has a season ticket in the Riverside Stand.