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When Footballers Were Skint

A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football

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When Footballers Were Skint

By: Jon Henderson
Narrated by: Andy Cresswell
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Before agents and TV mega-rights ushered in multi-millionaire players, footballers’ wages were capped, with even the game's biggest names earning barely more than a plumber or electrician.

Footballing legends, such as Tom Finney and Stanley Matthews, shared a bond of borderline penury with the crowds they entertained on Saturday afternoons, on pitches that were far away from the pristine lawns of the modern era. Instead of the sports cars driven by today's top players, the stars of yesteryear travelled to matches on public transport and returned to homes as modest as those of their supporters. 

Based on firsthand accounts, When Footballers Were Skint delves into the game's rich heritage and relates the fascinating story of a great sporting era.

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A fascinating book with a unique backstory of players remuneration and conditions in the 40's, 50's, and 60's and how badly they were treated. However one glaring error is the inability of the narrator to pronounce seven or eight players surnames, He obviously doesn't understand football or know many players. Other than the narrator the audiobook content is superb.

Unique Book Ruined By The Narrator!

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Story of change supporters assume they know, delivered as a story of people. Enjoyable listen

Interesting Book

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Football when it was football! Before money was king and the players were real people.

Trip down memory lane!

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Great listen for football supporters who remember football before Sky or when footballers got up n carried on even with broken necks (go on Bert)
The only fault with this is the shite accents and pronunciation of famous players, who give this man the job needs sacking with a ten Bob pay off fee 😜

Give them a rise but not that much 🙄

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Fantastic book with great interviews and stories of days gone by however the narrators attempts at the regional accents of the former players is at best distracting

Great story

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