Desert Island Books: 89 books

Red Dragons in Europe tells the story of Welsh participation in European football competition. The story features the big and the small in Welsh football, from the giants of the Football League to minnows like Borough United. It is a tale of gallantry rather than glory. Of the 162 matches that Welsh...

Halifax Town was formed in 1971 by an enthusiastic band of men. They had the intention of taking the club into the top division. Supporters are still waiting. Until recently, Halifax Town laboured under a poor image. The club played in a ramshackle stadium and regularly had to apply for re-election to...

The dream lasted 35 years. Some had feared it might be over far sooner. Others hoped it might last for ever. In the end, a generation of Cambridge United fans relished their club in the Football League. Once upon a time the team challenged for the Premiership. Now the dream is simply to get back. Here,...

The story of Portsmouth Football Club has never been dull. Between 1970 and 2005 Pompey had been threatened with bankruptcy three times, reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, dropped from Second to Fourth Divisions and climbed all the way back to the old First Division they left in 1959. Under Chairman...

Just seventeen miles separates the Hampshire cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. But for more than a century, for one reason or another, their two respective football clubs have seemed worlds apart. From the pairs early jousts in the Southern League at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, through...