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Home of English Football Bob Bond

Home of English Football By Bob Bond

Home of English Football by Bob Bond


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Bob Bond takes us on a nostalgic journey through football history, from the first FA Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium through to the modern era. This captivating collection of match cartoons is sure to delight parents and grandparents with a yearning for days of yore, but it will also fascinate younger fans who were raised in the digital age.

Home of English Football Summary

Home of English Football: 100 Years of Wembley Stadium in Cartoons and Caricatures by Bob Bond

Bob Bond takes us on a nostalgic journey through football history, from the first FA Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium in 1923 through to the modern era. This captivating collection of match cartoons will evoke fond and light-hearted memories of a time when football cartoons were a feature in most newspapers. Readers will see how the game evolved through almost a century of Wembley cartoons, with each illustration contextualised with memories or explanations and a concise match report. Every era has its famous players, and the book also holds over 100 caricatures of footballers and managers who made Wembley a special place. Home of English Football is guaranteed to delight parents and grandparents with a yearning for days of yore, but it will also fascinate younger fans who were raised in the digital age. Take a trip down memory lane with the history of England's most esteemed football ground elegantly depicted in illustrated form.

About Bob Bond

Bob Bond was born in Lancashire at the start of the Second World War. He always loved drawing, and began to illustrate children's comics in the 1960s before moving, at the behest of his employer, into drawing sports stories. Bob moved to the south of England 40 years ago, and continues to illustrate football books, magazines and programmes with cartoons, caricatures and serious drawings. He has written and illustrated a number of club histories.

Additional information

GOR013247756
9781785318825
1785318829
Home of English Football: 100 Years of Wembley Stadium in Cartoons and Caricatures by Bob Bond
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Pitch Publishing Ltd
2021-05-17
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book. We do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, but there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else previously. Therefore it will show signs of wear and may be an ex library book

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