Home of English Football, 9781785318825
Hardcover
Wembley’s glory: A century of football history in captivating cartoons.

Home of English Football

100 Years of Wembley Stadium in Cartoons and Caricatures

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  • Hardcover

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    17 May 2021

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Summary

Bob Bond takes us on a nostalgic journey through football history, from the first FA Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium in 1923 through to the modern era. This captivating collection of match cartoons will evoke fond and light-hearted memories of a time when football cartoons were a feature in most newspapers. Readers will see how the game evolved through almost a century of Wembley cartoons, with each illustration contextualised with memories or explanations and a concise match report. Ever…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781785318825
ISBN-10:1785318829
Author:Bob Bond
Publisher:Pitch Publishing Ltd
Imprint:Pitch Publishing Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:17 May 2021
Weight:1.18kg
Dimensions:297mm x 210mm
About The Author

Bob Bond

Bob Bond was born in Lancashire at the start of the Second World War. He always loved drawing, and began to illustrate children’s comics in the 1960s before moving, at the behest of his employer, into drawing sports stories. Bob moved to the south of England 40 years ago, and continues to illustrate football books, magazines and programmes with cartoons, caricatures and serious drawings. He has written and illustrated a number of club histories.

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