Lost League Football Grounds 2nd edition

Ken Coton

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Miscellaneous
01 January 2018

Nostalgia: general; Sporting venues; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Like railways, football is a national passion that inspires nostalgia and friendships, and many will be pleased to see the long-awaited second edition of Lost League Football Grounds. Fields of dreams, theatres of football, whatever you wish to call them, football grounds are saturated with memories and hopes - and the new revamped, re-illustrated and completely revised edition brings some of these flooding back across the years. In the three decades since the Bradford City fire and the Hillsborough Disaster, more than a third of all teams currently playing in the top four divisions of English football have relocated and this is a process that is still continuing. Several clubs have moved grounds since the previous edition, (West Ham United, Morecambe, Barnet, Chesterfield, Rotherham and Brighton & Hove Albion) and there others currently waiting to open, under construction or at an advanced planning stage.

The rapid changes in the face of football in the last two decades saw the disappearance of some of the most famous grounds in the country - such as Highbury (Arsenal), Ninian Park (Cardiff), Maine Road (Manchester City), Ayresome Park (Middlesbrough), Roker Park (Sunderland), Leeds Road (Huddersfield Town) and Upton Park (Wesh Ham). Most of the 'lost' grounds have been demolished with virtually no trace of the original ground left whilst others survived for a period in some form of half-life, being used for example for reserve team matches. But even these have for the most part now disappeared as well. In addition to those clubs that have relocated but still survive in the leagues in England, there are many clubs that were once part of the league structure - such as Bradford Park Avenue and Newport County - that have disappeared or been reborn at a much lower level in the football pyramid, often at grounds that have never seen league football.

By: Ken Coton
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 297mm,
ISBN: 9780711038660
ISBN 10: 071103866X
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Ken Coton is a passionate football supporter and talented photographer who has been taking pictures of football subjects since the 1960s, and a great selection of his best work is included in this new book. He runs Ashwater Press which produces books on a range of football subjects, but mainly his first love, Fulham FC. Martin Plumb has been working alongside Ken for several years and is equally passionate about football, particularly the historical and heritage aspects of the beautiful game.

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