Charles Buchan's Arsenal Gift Book

Authors:

By Simon Inglis, Jon Spurling

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 48 hours.

Price:

£14.99 £13.49 (Save 10%)

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Football, Football Teams, Charles Buchan, Football Monthly, Arsenal FC

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Oct 2007
• ISBN: 0954744535
• Pages: 144
• Size: 297mm x 210mm

From Word of Sport:

Last year saw the release of the glorious Charles Buchan's Football Monthly and this is a neat spin off idea. This time we have a club-centric book offering detail on everything Arsenal as club specific material from the Football Monthly archives. Expect the same lavish production that characterised last year's offering - the early mock-up we've seen looks fabulous.

From the Publisher:

After an introduction by Simon Inglis, editor of the Played in Britain series, Arsenal historian Jon Spurling sets the scene: The year is 1951, Highbury Stadium, its wartime bomb damage now patched up, faces a difficult decade. the club's 1930s glamour is rapidly fading. Arsenal stars tell Charles Buchan about life at post war Arsenal. Buchan himself was an Arsenal star in the 1920s and tells some grand tales too.

As the years go by the hairstyles change, the shirts and boots are more streamlined, the stars come and go - Joe Mercer, Wally Barnes, Denis Compton, Jack Kelsey, Tommy Lawton, Tommy Docherty, George Graham, Frank McLintock, Bob Wilson, John Radford, George Armstrong....League Champions in 1953 but not again until 1971, FA Cup Winners in 1950, but not again until 1971. Throughout thick and thin Charles Buchan's Football Monthly was there to report on this great football instituion with its glorious traditions, and some brilliant kits.....