Product Description

Comprehensive illustrated season's record of all major UK clubs and competitions - reports, statistics and expert analysis; Britain's and Ireland's World Championship games; club directory; history of the sport in the UK.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #734551 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Bill Fitsell, past president, the Society for International Hockey Research
What a fine publication. Clear, comprehensive and a joy to browse.

A reader from Milan, Italy
The best resource for fans, players and the media about ice hockey in Britain.

From the Author
The 'bible' of British ice hockey
This is the 25th anniversary edition of the Annual, all compiled and edited by me. The Annual is recognised throughout the sport as the 'bible' as it covers every major team and competition in stories, statistics and photos. There is a section dedicated to every club, including the national squad (17 pages), and there is good coverage of the NHL, too. There's heaps more including Quotes of the Year and the only Club Directory in the country. What are you waiting for?!

Customer Reviews

The Bible of British Ice Hockey
This is the 30th Annual compiled and produced by Stewart Roberts,which is some committment and a real labour of love. The time spent collecting and collating the many aspects of the sport from across the UK, plus photos of the teams featured on the 192 pages must be immense.

From the out and out professional teams down to the simon pure amateurs of the English National League all get a mention, plus Britain's efforts at the World Championships, past records and the season's honours. Full player statistics for the top three leagues, a map showing the disposition of clubs and news of new rinks are complemented by a directory of the sport's organisations, rinks and clubs.

All are rounded-off with a pungent and critical look at the current state of the sport within Britain by an editorial and the 'Diary of the Season'

Not withstandings that this year's edition is a trifle smaller than previous years with the exclusion of the usual two pages on the Women's league and the top division of the World Championships, it does not get any better than this. Many nations, where the sport is more wide spread, do not enjoy such a record of their season's exploits as The Ice Hockey Annaul.

It just keeps getting better!
Roberts again gives a feast of useful and interesting facts and figures. Added to all of the stats are many of those stories that you had just plain forgotten about too!
Buy the book and add it to your collection and I promise you'll keep coming back to it.
You can even work out who has got the smallest ice pad in the UK. Compare it against the largest and you just have to visit to see what sort of game happens there.
Try heading for the smell of the fish, or buy the book and find out!!

Fact packed and informative.
Another excellent publication from a man who follow British hockey with his heart and his head. A vital necessity to any British hockey fan. Long may he continue writing.