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marireadstoomuch's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed the celebration of the nostalgic elements, including those before my time, but could have done without some of the curmudgeonly elements (are youse really that bothered by colorful boots or do you just want to complain?). I also at times felt it was a bit disrespectful to non league: loads of these purportedly lost elements exist in earnest still.
huskerbee's review against another edition
3.0
I love Daniel Gray; I love the way he writes and thinks about football, and I've read every book on football he's written. I know that there's a disclaimer in the front about how this is going to be a Rose Tinted Look at old football, and we modern readers should take it with a pinch of salt - but unnecessarily salty is how a lot of it comes across as. As if there isn't anything to like about the modern game and that it has been summarily ruined when, really, it's just changed. We are all inevitably nostalgic for the kind of football we grew up with (already I miss the 2000s) but all the same the needless bitterness at present-day football put me off a little. That being said, excellently written book and at the points where it really is what it proclaims to be - a celebration of football - it is a joyous read.
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