Back Page United

by Stephen F. Kelly

The history of Manchester United in photographs and newspaper headlines from the club's foundation in 1892 through to League, FA Cup and European campaigns in the 1990s. All the characters of Old Trafford from Billy Meredith and Charlie Mitten to Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best and on to Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona and David Beckham.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Stephen F. Kelly is an English author and broadcaster, born in Liverpool, England in June 1946. He is the author of many books, mostly on football and in particular on Liverpool Football Club. He has written a number of biographies of football managers including Bill Shankly, Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Gerard Houllier as well as an oral history of Liverpool Football Club. He was one of the first writers in Britain to explore sport through oral history, not only with The Kop but also with his oral history of Manchester United Football Club, Red Voices, and a further book on Liverpool, The Bootroom Boys.

Reviews

[Gerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

By presenting the back pages of national newspapers for over 100 years and more Stephen Kelly offers a new slant on the history of football as he features the major news stories of the day covering all teams at all levels, highlighting the triumphs and tragedies both football related and involving personalities of the game. From the early teams such as Corinthians, Blackburn Olympic, Engineers through the glory years of Huddersfield Town and Arsenal to the war-torn years, success of Huddersfield Town and Arsenal again, through the rise, and subsequent sad demise of the Busby Babes to the glory years of Liverpool, he covers all the major events, transfer deals, tragedies and even the downfall of some of the major personalities that ran into trouble.

In that it covers all these events and so many different teams, it provides a fascinating and more varied look at the world of football and it an entertaining read.

[Pete daPixie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another history of Manchester United through the news prints of the day from 1892 to 1999. All the pics are black and white, which is the collections only yellow card.