Conker Editions Ltd Head for the Floodlights.

by Giles Goford

Head for the Floodlights ABISBOOK Conker Editions Ltd.

Paperback

Reviews

[Rhys Webster · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was gonna give it 3* but my heart says 4. Bit of a scrapbook/diary but at the same time a history lesson into the football grounds of the 80s. Some superb names in there that I didn’t have the pleasure of visiting, all with a bite of info about the stadium/club. But most poignantly, it was a tribute to the Author’s dad, who took him on these trips around the country. A heartwarming Epilogue swayed it for me.

[Paul Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having purchased this book as an avid fan of a lower league team - Crewe Alexandra - I had expected great things of the books on my - wrong - assumption that the author had visited the 92 football team grounds of a couple of years in the ‘80’s giving a fans eye view of the inside of each club grounds and a game. Reality was slightly different in that the author visited each ground as a teenager with his Dad generally only seeing the outside and usually the Club shop and took several pictures.
Despite this a fascinating read about the individual clubs over a few paragraphs with a comment for each from a past player. Well researched with some interesting facts which I’m not sure will be generally known

[Don McKinlay · Rating 5 out of 5]

More emotional than I expected but overall you have to want to read a travelogue about visiting late 80s English league grounds
If you do it’s brilliant and 5 stars from me
If that’s not your thing then there’s probably not a lot here for you other than some excellent t-shirts