"A heartwarming, occasionally emotional and often very funny meander down Memory Lane. A book of considerable charm, worth the price of admission for the phrase "hair wax applied methodically and in a style that considered Charles Buchan's Football Weekly a mirror" alone." -- The Observer "The perfect stocking filler.a wonderful little book" -- Sunday Sport "[Gray] effortlessly paints pictures that transport you to a place and time . both clever and endearing" -- The Football Pink "Fifty taken-for-granted gems of Britain's footballing past have been preserved for posterity.an unabashed love letter to the beautiful game. Back of the net." -- The Sunday Post, Books of the Year "Often funny and absolutely authentic.

" -- The Herald, Sports Books of the Year "[Gray's] poetic prose makes him the John Cheever of the penalty spot and the Joan Didion of the halfway line." -- Ian McMillan "[Daniel Gray] is a very fine writer . funny, warm and, sheesh, this lad can turn a phrase in the way Juninho would Samba his way past a defender for his beloved Boro." -- Glasgow Herald "Wistful and affecting." -- Michael Calvin "An affectionate, tongue-not-quite-in-cheek lamentation for all that's been lost from the game. Slight yet robust like a winger of the old school, this book jinks, charms and scores" -- When Saturday Comes "Brilliant writing." -- Jonathan Northcroft.