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Blackpool football books and dvds and a virtual aerial tour of Bloomfield Road. Great books about current and former Blackpool players and Blackpool managers and the history of Blackpool football club.
Top recommended books include Blackpool: The Glory Years Remembered, The Way It Was: My Autobiography, Right Back to the Beginning plus many more in the Blackpool online bookshop
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Blackpool: The Glory Years Remembered (Heroes of Winter)
The late 40s and early 50s were without doubt Blackpool's golden years, with three trips to Wembley eventually securing the FA Cup in the Stanley Matthews final of 1953. This remarkable collection of thoughts and memories from players and fans alike makes for fascinating reading for any Tangerine dreamer.
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The Way It Was: My Autobiography
It is both sad and fitting that Sir Stanley Matthew's touching biography ended on such a personal note with him thinking, as he so often did, about other people rather than himself. But for once, all attention is on him in his timely autobiography, The Way it Was. It's a classic from rags to riches tale that takes him from the streets of Hanley in Stoke on Trent to the dizzy heights of football stardom, but the road was never an easy one and never once does Sir Stanley let us, or himself forget that. What comes across so well in this engaging and beautifully written biography, completed with the help of his close friend Les Scott, is how down to earth he really was; he was very conscious that the rewards in life only come with hard work and determination. It is the close bond he shared with his parents, especially that of his father, that comes across so memorably: "Never expect. Never take anything for granted. That way you'll never be too disappointed or hurt," his father tells him. It is advice that Stanley followed the rest of his life. Sir Stanley's untimely death means the inclusion of a tribute section penned by Les and dozens of emotional tributes from friends, colleagues, fellow players and fans that speak volumes about how highly regarded he was held both in and beyond the world of football. This is a beautiful tale, absorbing and well told, that, like the great man himself, is full of good humour, charm and pure class.
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Right Back to the Beginning
As an outstanding player for Blackpool and England, manager of Bolton and Leeds, journalist and columnist, broadcaster and FA recruitment consultant, he has a interesting perspective on the how football has changed over the past 50 years.
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