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When Football Was Football: Arsenal - A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club (Paperback, New edition)
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When Football Was Football: Arsenal - A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club (Paperback, New edition)
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So comprehensively has Arsene Wenger rebranded Arsenal Football
Club that it is possible to forget the 100-plus years of history
that came before him. Yet there remain curious parallels that glue
together the club's past and present: just as the modern team is
built on outsiders, born far from the confines of N5, so too was
the original side of 1886, created by economic migrants from the
Midlands, the North of England and Scotland, looking to prosper in
London. Now for the first time in paperback, and using photographic
and written archives of the "Daily Mirror" (including rare and
unseen material), "When Football Was Football - Arsenal" takes us
on a nostalgia-packed journey through the club's evolution from its
beginnings as a south London munitions factory team, through the
nurturing of some of the game's fabled characters. From notorious
chairman Henry Norris to the great innovator Herbert Chapman, and
the players from Brylcreem Boy Denis Compton, wee Alex James,
Charlie George and Frank McLintock, up to the fresh-in-the-memory
figures of Tony Adams and Ian Wright (perhaps the last bastion of a
pre-modern Arsenal). Key images that will engage and delight
readers include: 1930 - Arsenal win their first trophy, the FA Cup
at Wembley; 1968 - Pat Rice working on a fruit stall; 1982 -
"Champagne" Charlie Nicholas living up to his nickname. The book
draws a line in the sand at the advent of the Premier League, when
Arsenal, and football, were carried along on a wave of ruthless
commercialism. Packed with evocative, atmospheric photos depicting
bygone eras, "When Football Was Football - Arsenal" reminds us of
how things used to be - and leaves the reader to decide which they
prefer.
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