Product Description

Charles Buchan's Football Monthly was Britain's first ever football 'glossy'. Packed with hand tinted photographs and celebrity articles, its arrival on the bookstands in September 1951 brought colour and glamour to the nation's football hungry public after years of wartime deprivation and austerity. At its peak in the late 1960s the magazine was sellilng 254,000 copies a week.

The Best of Charles Buchan's Football Monthly has been a best seller since its publication in 2006. Charles Buchan's Spurs Gift Book promises similar treats.

After an introduction by Simon Inglis, editor of the Played in Britain series, Spurs fan and celebrated journalist Julie Welch sets the scene: as the magazine launches in 1951 Spurs have just emerged from years in the Second Division to win the League title with their famous 'push and run' team, marshalled by a young Alf Ramsey. Later in the decade, under manager Bill Nicholson, a galaxy of great players come together to win the Double in 1961, the first time this feat has been accomplished since the 1890s. In Swinging Sixties London, White Hart Lane and its packed Shelf terrace become synonymous with flowing football served up with style.

Charles Buchan's Football Monthly spanned almost the entire Nicholson era, a period when Spurs won eight trophies in sixteen remarkable years, making this a book for all Tottenham fans to treasure.

Simon Inglis has many titles to his name. Engineering Archie (English Heritage) was runner up for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year Award in 2005. His earlier book, The Football Grounds of Great Britain (Harper Collins) was selected by the Guardian's Frank Keating as the best sports books of the 20th century.

Author, journalist and broadcaster, Julie Welch came to fame in The Observer as Britain's first female football reporter. Her devotion to Spurs (and to Danny Blanchlower) was celebrated in her acclaimed Channel 4 screenplay Those Glory Glory Days. Books include Dangerous Dancing, Long Distance Information and 26.2: Running The London Marathon.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20993 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Charles Buchan Football Spurs Gift Book
irresistible stuff. completely gripping as the best of nostalgia always is. even non-spurs fans might like this

Happy Days!
I've just discovered this new addition to the series! As a Spurs supporter of many years (yawn) it's a fantastic tribute to those long-gone real glory days. So many things I'd forgotten in the helter skelter of modern football all brought back to me in a wonderful way. I'm in heaven! Thank you.

Pure Spurs Nostalgia!
This is a wonderful book for any Spurs fan; particularly those of a certain age (like me) who remember the double winning team of the early 60s, or even earlier.
I used to get the magazine when I was a small boy, and my brother and I always had the annuals bought for us as presents at Easter (can't quite recall why it was always at Easter!).
Reading the articles, and looking at the pictures (all of which appear exactly as they did in the Charles Buchan magazines and books), brings back many fond memories of top class football when it was all about sport and entertainment, and not money and big business!
If you want to wallow in unashamed nostalgia, this is the perfect purchase for you. I bought 3 copies last Christmas - one for me; one for my son, and one for my brother. They all loved them!