Download or read book Bristol City Greats written by Ivan Ponting and published by Redcliffe Press Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A football book, featuring profiles of Bristol City's great players, from the past.
Download or read book Cardiff City Greatest Games written by Sean Wozencroft and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty of Cardiff City's most memorable games from across the club's historyFrom the thousands of matches ever played by Cardiff City, stretching from the club's Victorian foundation to the era of Malaysian ownership, here are the Bluebirds' most glorious, epochal, and thrilling games of all. Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, this book offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in everything from the famous FA Cup triumph of 1927 through great European nights to the two cup finals reached since the millennium. An irresistible cast list of club legends-John Charles and Brian Clark, Derek Tapscott, Phil Dwyer and Phil Stant-springs to life at wonderful moments such as promotion day against Leeds in 1952, and 1999's heroic 0-0 draw with eight men at Cambridge United. This journey through the highlights of City's history is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.
Download or read book The Bristol City Miscellany written by David Clayton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bristol City Miscellany - a book on the Robins like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legend. Now, with the club experiencing previously uncharted highs, look back at what has made this club what it is today - the players and characters that have represented City over the years and the events that have shaped the club. If you want to know the record crowd for a home game, the record appearance holder or longest-serving manager, look no further - this is the book you've been waiting for. From record goal scorers to record defeats; from Ashton Gate to Kevin Mabbutt, and from Wembley appearances to Gary Johnson - it's all in The Bristol City Miscellany - can you afford not to own a copy?
Download or read book Wedlock The First Hero of Bristol City written by D P Hurley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bedminster-born footballing icon Billy ""Fatty"" Wedlock was the homegrown hero who rescued Bristol City from the doldrums & with his infectious skill and personality, elevated the club into the First Division for the first time in its history... He also took them to within a whisker of the League Championship title and a victory in the final of the FA Cup. A unique centre-half of diminutive proportions, what he lacked in inches he made up for in sheer talent - coupled with a superhuman work ethic. Nicknamed the ""india rubber man"", Wedlock played 26 times for his country, becoming in the process Bristol City's original England international superstar. The supreme exponent of fair-play,& ""modest to the point of shyness"", Billy was the finest gentleman ever to walk onto a football field. No book has ever been written to tell the story of the most mythical and iconic figure in Bristol City's history - until now.
Download or read book A Collection Of Scarce and Valuable Tracts On The Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects But Chiefly Such as Relate to the History and Constitution of These Kingdoms written by and published by . This book was released on 1751 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manchester City Greatest Games written by David Clayton and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sky Blues' 50 finest matchesFrom the thousands of matches ever played by Manchester City, stretching from the early days of the 20th century to the new millennium and Premier League triumph, here are the most glorious, epochal, and thrilling games of all. Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, this book offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in everything from the first game ever played at Maine Road in 1923 to the last in 2003, plus belters at the Etihad Stadium and Wembley classics. An irresistible cast list of club legends-Francis Lee and Billy Meredith, Bert Trautmann, Georgi Kinkladze and Ernie Brook-springs to life in a thrilling selection of last-day dramas, unforgettable derbies, relegation deciders, European nights, and cup crackers. This journey through the highlights of City's history is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.
Download or read book Bristol in the Great War written by Jacqueline Wadsworth and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war was declared in 1914 the people of Bristol erupted in patriotic excitement - but what was it like when the cheering died down?This book tells the city's unique story during those grinding years, when women risked their lives filling shells with mustard gas, factories turned out chocolate and cigarettes for the troops, Shirehampton's fields were full of war horses, and Filton's nascent aeroplane industry took off. Also described are the lives of the women who waited at home for news of their men at the Front, the long shop queues and blackouts, the bone-shaking military vehicles that rumbled past their homes, and the kindness shown to the traumatized refugees from Belgium.Jacqueline Wadsworth's extensive research brings Bristol's story to life using contemporary accounts and high-quality photographs, many of which have never been published before.As seen in The Bristol Post, Western Daily Press and Gazette Series.
Download or read book A fourth collection of scarce and valuable tracts on the most interesting and entertaining subjects but chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these Kingdoms Particularly of the late Lord Somers Revised by eminent hands written by and published by . This book was released on 1751 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Sport Local histories written by Richard William Cox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Download or read book British Sport A Bibliography to 2000 written by Richard Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume two of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Download or read book The Parliamentary Or Constitutional History of England written by and published by . This book was released on 1751 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Parliamentary Or Constitutional History of England from the Earliest Times to the Restoration of King Charles II written by and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Something to Shout About written by Tim Barnard and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest Green Rovers have risen through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of non-League football. Asfounder members of the Mid-Gloucestershire League in 1894 – the rst football league in Gloucestershire outside of Bristol– they have always been forward looking. Their rise has not always been smooth but the ambition of those involved with the club has seen them through and they are now the longest-serving members of the Conference National. This comprehensive history of Forest Green Rovers looks back at the highs and lows of their 125-year existence, right up to the start of the 2014/15 campaign. Taking in the glory of cup wins, promotion campaigns and the drama of several last-minute escapes from relegation– not to mention 1982’s FA Vase win– it will delight Rovers fans of all ages and prove just why the Rovers have something to shout about.
Download or read book The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803 written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes information from the Norman conquest through the 1st session of the 2d Parliament.
Download or read book The Political State of Great Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1719 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
