When Football Was Football: Birmingham City - Hardcover

Ellis, Ralph

 
9780857332042: When Football Was Football: Birmingham City

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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 ...

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RALPH ELLIS has covered football in the Midlands since he moved to the area to join the Sports Argus as chief sports reporter in 1983. He moved to the Daily Star and while still based in the region rose to become chief sports columnist. Now, as a successful freelance, he is the Sunday Mirror's main man in the region. A regular guest on talkSPORT, he also writes a successful column for Betfair, while previous books include a collaboration with Sir Ian Botham and 'An Away Game Every Week', a unique history of Bristol Rovers.

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