Starting with coverage of Southampton's 1908 win over Southern League champions QPR, this book charts a glorious history of great games and League and Cup titles through the decades of the 20th century. Top stories include gaining promotion to Division 2 in 1922, and Division 1 in 1966, the great 8-0 win against Everton in 1971, beating Portsmouth 4-0 in 1975 and Spurs 5-0 in 1985.
Read about Laurie Mc Menemy's first game as Manager in 1973, the fantastic FA Cup triumph against Man Utd in 1976, the signing later that year of Alan Ball, Kevin Keegan in 1980, Peter Shilton in 1982, and Bruce Grobbelaar in 1995, Le Tissier's farewell match in 2002 and much much more.
What's in my book?
Your Personalised Football Book contains genuine reproductions of all the important news stories regarding their football team.
With front and back page headlines including thrilling match reports, transfer speculations and all the board room dramas!
This individually bound, hard back book is tabloid size (38 x 30cm) for convenient storage and handling and holds the historical news reports for your selected team.
Personalised with recipients name and football team Personalised Football Book also includes an authentic gift certificate with your own unique message.
How the books are made...
1) The papers are reproduced from scans of original newspapers going back over a 100 years that are stored in our extensive archive.
2) They are individually printed to order onto a high quality thicker paper to provide greater durability.
3) The reproductions are then individually cut and bound in a premium quality leatherette hard back book which is personalised with the recipient's name gold embossed on the front cover
4) Each hand crafted Personalised Football Book takes 4 craftsmen/women over an hour to skillfully create each book.
Personalisation Details & Greetings:
Enter recipients' name and greeting. This is printed on a Certificate Label affixed to the front page.
You can also have the recipient's name gold embossed on the book cover. Tick the relevant box when you personalise the book for this option.
Please allow an extra 2 days if you wish the cover to be embossed.
Your Football Book...
They are not written text book fashion by an author looking back into history, but by reporters who witnessed the games and events as they unfolded, and written in a language of the time, in an entertaining and informative newspaper style.
Delivery
We know how important the fast and safe delivery of your order is to you, therefore we quote individual despatch times on all our gifts and cards. In order to get your gifts to you in the fastest time possible, we may despatch your items seperately as soon as each product is ready.
Returns
You have 28 days, from receipt of cancellable goods, to notify the seller if you wish to cancel your order or exchange the item.
Please note: personalised, bespoke and made-to-order goods, perishable products and personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken are non-refundable, unless faulty.
