If you’re an old fart like me that misses some of the quirks that used to permeate football, then Daniel Gray’s book, Black Boots & Football Pinks: 50 lost wonders of the beautiful game, is one for you.
Although only a short book, it is packed full of memories that those of a certain age will instantly recall and pine for a little.
It is a walk through football before it became ‘modern’, a time when goalkeepers might be found in trousers and a hat and stands had huts on top of them.
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