In 1888 twelve clubs formed the Football League, a ground-breaking mission for which they were called Apostles. Afterwards the world followed. Football in the 1880s was wildly exciting and teeming with personalities. Beneath the Victorian veneer, its participants fought furiously with each other: players, club officers, spectators, match officials, advocates of the Football Association. It was a battle for the soul of the game. Supporters of these twelve clubs, especially the Invincibles Pr...

Third Lanark no longer exist. The only League champions in Britain ever to go bust. The end was ignominious: Third could not even afford to buy footballs. But once, they defied all the odds to become Scottish champions. Third Lanark was a club of proud origins, a proud history and a sad ending. Third produced two great teams. The first, in 1889, beat the worlds best - even English champions Preston - when Celtic and Rangers were still in their football nappies. Thirds second great team ove...

In its infancy Manchester United had a great team. Promotion, then five trophies in three years. That team created an expectation of success that survived a drought of 40 years until the Busby era. Dick Duckworth was the only one to play throughout the club's Golden Age, from the phoenix-rise from the ashes of Newton Heath to the precipice of the epoch-ending Great War. Dick was not flash. He was a fringe player in United's struggle out of the Second Division. He gained his place just in time...

By 1919 it seemed West Bromwich Albion would never win the Championship. The League founder-members were renowned Cup-fighters, and had squandered the promise of a bright young team by failing to take the title before the First World War. Football was starting up again, amid a country in crisis. 1919-20 became the first 42-game season after the League fudged the rules to ensure that London clubs were not absent from the First Division. Albion saved the day - their team of Black Countrymen,...

The Second World War is over. It took time and struggle to kick-start League football back to normal. 1946-47 became the first modern season. Footballers emerged from the perils of combat - escaping from torpedoed ships or burning bombers - to entertain the unruly, angry crowds of austerity Britain. The dread winter made the 1946-47 season the longest ever. The players called strikes, faced government bans and still conjured up fiery matches and a Championship decider in...

In Reds, a unique and exhaustively researched history of Liverpool Football Club, John Williams explores the origins and divisive politics of football in the city of Liverpool and profiles the key men behind the emergence of the club and its early successes.The first great Liverpool manager, Tom Watson, piloted the club to its first league championships in 1901 and 1906 before taking his team to the FA Cup final in 1914. Watson and the key members of those early Liverpool ...

Are you a football fan? Do you attend as many matches as you can? Have you visited any of the many famous football grounds? Can you name the home grounds of all the UK’s best-loved teams and more besides? If you think you know which team plays where, you are certain to enjoy this quiz book.With 250 questions all about English, Scottish and Welsh Football Grounds, you will need to be quick off the mark to answer some of these brain teasers? What non-League club is moving into the Moston Com...

The rise of Celtic's Bobby Murdoch mirrored his club's emergence in the Sixties. With Murdoch in midfield, the Hoops became one of the most formidable teams in British football history - winning an unprecedented 9 Scottish titles in a row, 5 Scottish Cups, 5 Scottish League Cups to add to their immortal triumph in Lisbon in 1967.

A Brief look at Celtic's 1967-68 season. It is part of the JMD Classic Season series. In May 1967 Celtic were the undisputed champions of Europe. But could they maintain their position? The answer looked like a resounding 'no" after an early failure in next season's European Cup and an ill-fated trip to South America. Even in Scotland, their position seemed to be tottering badly in January 1968. Could they fight back?This ebook supplies the answers.

West Bromwich Albion Cult Heroes recounts the careers of 21 of the club's greatest icons, men who entertained,week in, week out and regularly set fans' pulses racing. Looking back at a raft of household names, each individual biography analyses each hero's career, and examines exactly why each man was idolised and how they achieved cult status. Featuring Bob Roberts, Billy Bassett, Jesse Pennington, Harold Bache, Tommy Magee, WG Richardson, Ray Barlow, Ronnie Allen, Derek Kevan, Joe...

To mark the 40th anniversary of Leeds United’s Centenary FA Cup triumph, JMD Media has published Clarke … 10. This tells the story of how Don Revie’s super squad won their only FA Cup after a brilliant season in which United’s razzmatazz football won universal acclaim. It looks, match by match, at how the Whites reached Wembley where they delivered one of the greatest days in the club’s history. It’s a tale of power cuts, stocking tabs, pre-match warm-ups and spellbinding football that saw...