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If you have read a book that you think Blades fans would like, and want to share the details, then please email  with
a picture of the front cover, a brief review of the book and details of
where the book can be bought and the average price.
Whilst
this site is primarily intended for issues relating to the Blades, it
was felt worthwhile to share details of a couple of books with you that aren't about the Blades.
The first is written by a friend of one of our regulars -
super_pig. It covers the history of Sheffield FC - The Worlds oldest
Football Team.
One of our friends has also just had her first novel published. Whilst
it is completely unrelated to football, Sam is a lifelong Blade, so
there's the tenuous link!
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From Sheffield with Love: Celebrating 150 Years of Sheffield FC,
the World's Oldest Football Club
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From
Sheffield With Love is written by Brendan Murphy . This interesting
book covers the history of Sheffield FC - The oldest football club in
the world. The book covers all the way back to the 1850's and even
covers interesting facts such as how the two Nottingham teams, Forest
and County, used to play by different rules. Forest played under
Sheffield rules and County played under Nottingham rules. Sheffield
rules form the basis of the current rules used in world football today.
This book is available from Amazon priced £8.99.
Having read this book personally now I can fully recommend it, not only
for the knowledge and information it imparts about Sheffield FC, but
the beginnings of football as a sport. Many thanks to Brendan for the
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Despite Losing it on Finkle Street
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Losing it on Finkle Street is the first book by up and coming novelist
Samantha Priestley, who also happens to be a friend - hence the blatent
plug on this website!
The
book was published after Sam was the successful winner of the new
novelist contest at Fygleaves publishing. Further details can be found
at www.pioneer-readers.org, where you can
read the first chapter of the book. You can order a copy from;
Amazon,
Waterstones.com,
bookshop.blackwell.co.uk or in any bookshop.
Signed copies are on sale at
Blackwells bookshop in Broomhill and soon to be available in Waterstones at Meadowhall, although these won't be around forever.
Despite Losing it on Finkle Street
by Samantha Priestley
Rachel
Murdoch is living a lonely village life in the Lake District in the shadow of
the memory of her grandparents. When she finds a young man who connects with
her, she wonders if she may have at last found the new start she is looking for,
despite the opposition she faces from his family.
But is Will hiding a
secret, or is it just that the emotional holes in his life go to a depth that
will stretch her beyond her limits? It is up to Rachel to put together the
pieces of his past, and to decide whether she is still committed enough to stand
by him.
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Sheffield United FC - The Biography
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Review provided by StaboBlade
The Sheffield United biography is written by Gary
Armstrong and John Garrett, with a forward by Sean Bean, one of the clubs celebrity
fans.
The book tells the story of football and it's working class roots, and the
emergence of it's popularity with the working mans recreation time. Sheffield
United's history starts with the Bramall Lane sports arena being created in
1854.
The chapters of the book are laid out in decades making it an easy
read. Each decade had it's heroes and there are bio pics of the legends like
Ernest Needham, Billy Gillespie and Fatty Foulke. The book finishes at the end of
the 06-07 promotion season and is probably the most in depth Sheffield United
book of all time.
I would say that you don't have to be a Blade to
enjoy this book,it covers the history of football as much as the history of
Sheffield United and I would recommend it to any true fan of football.
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Review provided by Lingsbord
At 10p a page this biography of arguably Sheffield
United's greatest ever player would not seem, at first glance, to represent
particularly good value for money, but Roger Barnard is not a man to pad out his
writing with unnecessary waffle and so he managed to leave me feeling more than
satisfied with what was, in the end, an excellent purchase.
Highlights for me are the descriptions of Hagan's
quietly stubborn personality, his loyalty to the club in sometimes difficult
circumstances, and the reviews of the great man's on-field wizardry. Barnard
also reverently describes Hagan's eventual retirement at almost 40 years old,
marked by an attendance of more than 29,000 at his testimonial game at Bramall
Lane after 389 first team games for the Blades, and then proceeds to deliver a
fascinating picture of his consistent success in management, particularly in
Portugal.
Like many other excellent Sheffield United players
down the years, Jimmy Hagan's England prospects suffered for his allegiance to
the red and white of his beloved Blades, but Barnard's excellent biography does
a great job of cementing Jimmy's place at the heart of everything there is to
love about Sheffield United.
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©2007 The Crossed Blades
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