Get ‘Got, Not Got’ – Win your copy of this Xmas’s must-have football book!
“Football used to be better in the past… and here’s the proof.”
That’s how Mirror Football contributors Derek Hammond and Gary Silke introduce their ace new football nostalgia book , Got, Not Got – and it’s hard to argue with their conclusions once you’ve spent long hours leafing through this heartstring-tugging celebration of everything we miss in modern football.
The book is a big, beautiful treasure trove of shared memories, all centred around the more innocent ‘Golden Era’ of mudbaths and cloggers, of miniature carpet-level games and comic-fuelled worlds. Got, Not Got evokes the feel and smell of football in the 1960s-90s, its rituals and relics.
MARVEL! at over 1000 images including the brisk tackle from behind, Leeds United sock-tags and the Kays Catalogue.
SMIRK! at memories of football stickers that weren’t sticky, inflatable fried eggs, and Ungentlemanly Conduct.
STEP BACK IN TIME! to the era of the magic sponge, ITV Sunday afternoon soccer, and the saucy Sky Blue Girl of the Match.
And finally, just when you thought all this nostalgia was a bit aimless... FEEL PLEASANTLY GRUMPY! about the state of the modern game.
To win one of five copies, all you have to do is tell us: For which allegedly fictional football team did Roy Race turn out? Was it:
1 – Glipton Giants,
2 – Melchester Rovers,
3 – Fulchester United, or
4 – Barnstoneworth?
Email your answer to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. All correct entries will go into Mirror Football’s velvet ballbag, with the five lucky winners to be drawn on xx November.
'Got, Not Got – The A-Z of Lost Football Culture, Treasures & Pleasures' by Derek Hammond & Gary Silke.
• “A fantastic book, there’s just so much in it. You really should get it.” – Steve Anglesey, Mirror Football podcast.
• “The book’s great fun. It’s an essential if you grew up watching football in the 60s, 70s or 80s.” – Paul Hawksbee, talkSport.
• “There’s something for every fan of every club.” – Andy Jacobs, talkSport.
• “The best book about football written in the last 20 years.” – Bill Borrows, Esquire
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