On the Up

Come back in time to the 1970s: those glory days of football when pitches turned to mud in winter, games were never called off for a bit of snow – instead the orange ball was brought out, club chairmen had Brylcreemed hair, smoked cigars and wore trilbies, and injured players hobbled on in games because only one substitute was allowed.

David Montgomery meticulously researched and wrote this book in 1977 – it then lay in a drawer until it was dusted off by his daughter and was published as a surprise present.

Follow Sharrington F.C. home and away. Will they finally escape the Fourth Division under their young, new, rookie manager, Tony Davidson?