ARGYLE CLASSICS: Memorable Moments in Plymouth Argyle's League and Cup History.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,green background with b/w photographic boards with white+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners. Virtually no bumping or creases to any edges or corners - apart from some very minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip virtually as NEW.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright, tight and near pristine.UK, Qrto HB,1st edn,i-viipp+8- 350pp [paginated] includes title page,contents list, foreword by Michael Foot,author introduction,33 chapters/ sections and an index,profuse contemporary b/w illus/ photographs/memorabilia illus; plus [unpaginated] green+ white archive adverts endpapers,2pp blanks to rear. Leading West Country football writer Harley Lawer celebrates his 25th season (then 1998) chronicling the fortunes of Plymouth Argyle for the 'Sunday Independent' by recalling the most memorable matches in the club's League and Cup history.Turning back the pages of his newspaper to give successive generations of supporters the opportunity to relive all the great moments and major happenings since the Pilgrims were elevated to Football League status in 1920. Researching every Saturday and mid-week match to ensure his final selection of 300+ reports to embrace every major happening from the earliest post-Southern League days to modern times.The edited reports,using original text and headlines,are drawn from Lawer's own published work and the vivid eye-witness accounts of his distinguished Western Independent predecessors writing under the nom-de-plume Spectator. Virtually every team to wear the distinctive green shirts of Plymouth Argyle is featured.They include the 'Nearly Men' of the Twenties who finished runners-up in Division Three (South) for six consecutive seasons before clinching the title in 1930; the promotion heroes of 1952, '59, '75,and 1986; the League Cup semi- finalists of 1964 and 1974; the FA Cup giantkillers of 1984; plus many other big match delights - and disappointments. The scoring exploits of the legendary Sammy Black and Jack Leslie in the baggy shorts,£4-a-week era are interspersed with graphic accounts of the golden years of Maurice Tadman, Wilf Carter, Jimmy Gauld, Paul Mariner, Billy Rafferty and Tommy Tynan.High-scoring thrillers,amazing comebacks, last-minute sensations,penalty dramas,promotion and relegation deciders, Cup epics and countless other happenings from the brave to the bizarre are covered in this unique and comprehensive record of achievements of Pilgrims past and present (up to then,1988), Cornishman Lawer was a fanatical schoolboy supporter of the Greens and counts himself lucky to have a job that manages to combine a lifelong affection for the club with his work.He has illustrated the book with over 300 pictures,cartoons, cigarette cards,programme gems,rare archive material and memorabilia from his own personal collection. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight - nearly 1Kg unpackaged - and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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