When Football Was Football: Birmingham City

by RalphEllis (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2013

  $39.47

  Keep Right on to the End of the Road is the anthem sung by Birmingham City's fans - and few football clubs can have kept going through as many trials, tribulations, and occasional triumphs, as the one which began life in 1875 under the name of Small Heath Alliance. The first English club to become a limited company three years after turning professional in 1885, they've been at their current St Andrew's home since 1906. This book celebrates the unique history of a club where the one thing that has never been in short supply is the passion of its fans. When Football was Football: Birmingham follows the highs and lows of a century of drama, remembers the players, managers, and back room staff, and most of all the thousands of Bluenoses who have shared the adventure as they Kept Right on to the End of the Road ...