When Footballers Were Skint
- 308 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Tales from before the maximum wage for footballers was abolished in 1961, journalist Jon Henderson captures a time when footballers and fans lived in the same world.
Tales from before the maximum wage for footballers was abolished in 1961, journalist Jon Henderson captures a time when footballers and fans lived in the same world.
He played 84 matches for England in a career that spanned an extraordinary 33 years and such was his popularity that attendance for his club teams, Stoke City and Blackpool, more than doubled when he played.
The book offers a comprehensive survey of Iron Age settlements in the 'Celtic Fringe', shedding light on a historically overlooked area. It explores the region's unique archaeological identity and provides a detailed examination of settlement evidence, contributing to a deeper understanding of the Atlantic identity during this period. The work aims to fill a significant gap in historical and archaeological studies, presenting a nuanced narrative of the region's past.