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RON REYNOLDS
THE LIFE OF A 1950S JOURNEYMAN FOOTBALLER |
| By: |
Dave Bowler, David Reynolds |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0752859994 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780752859996 |
| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2003 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Ron Reynolds was the Spurs goalkeeper for most of the 1950s. He died on his 71st birthday, and upon clearing out his house his family discovered a meticulously kept archive of Reynolds professional career. This illustrated diary features interviews with many of his contemporaries, and also a few with whom he worked. |
| Synopsis: |
Ron Reynolds was the Spurs goalkeeper for most of the 1950s. (He also played for Southampton and Aldershot in a career spanning twenty years and 291 League games.) He died on his 71st birthday (2nd June 1999), and upon clearing out his house his family discovered a meticulously kept archive of Reynolds professional career - cupboards, shoeboxes and carrier bags full of notebooks, programmes, ticket stubs, press cuttings, photographs, souvenirs from foreign tours, and Reynolds' own match reports of all his games. Taken as a whole, the collection offers a fascinating insight into the life of a professional footballer half a century ago. Dave Bowler (who conducted lengthy interviews with Reynolds for other book projects before he died) augments the visual material with a written account of Reynolds' life, featuring interviews with many of his contemporaries and also a few with whom he worked and who are still in the game today (Bobby Robson, Don Howe, Malcolm Allison).And Reynolds himself was quite a character - fastidious and outspoken he was a formidable PFA representative and was behind many of the perceived 'insurrections' of his more famous soul mate Danny Blanchflower, with whom he shared a passion for the glory of the game. |
| Illustrations: |
16 B/W Photo\Illu(s),16 Colour Photo\Illu(s) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |