Black Boots and Football Pinks

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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 * A funny, affectionate and nostalgic celebration of quirks ... It would be easy to get the tone wrong but Gray's touch is exquisite. A book with so much warmth you could slip it into your pocket for games in winter. * The Times * The perfect stocking filler...a wonderful little book. * Sunday Sport * Often funny and absolutely authentic. * The Herald, Sports Books of the Year * 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 * [Gray's] poetic prose makes him the John Cheever of the penalty spot and the Joan Didion of the halfway line. * Ian McMillan * [Gray] effortlessly paints pictures that transport you to a place and time ... both clever and endearing * The Football Pink * [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. -- Nick Cameron * Glasgow Herald * Wistful and affecting. * Michael Calvin * Brilliant writing. * Jonathan Northcroft * 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 * A paean to football before the days of big money and soulless stadia. * The i *