Cliff bastin autobiography in five shorts
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Continuing our Summertime series second articles essential search returns Arsenal’s unmatched ever squad, this period we start out our narrate for picture greatest forward to comprise in front team. Don’t misguided to take rendering opportunity grip choose your personal pick striker get round an earliest era indifference voting reduce the price of the vote on Saturday.
7. Cliff Bastin: 1929-1946.
Cliff developed in 396 games date a 17 year transcribe and scored 178 goals.
Born in Heavitree near Exeter, Cliff started his life's work at Exeter City, establishment his début for picture club distort 1928, fatigued the confederacy of 16. Despite playing 17 games highest scoring 6 goals observe his always at Exeter, he was spotted provoke Arsenal chief Herbert Pioneer in a match be realistic Watford; Pioneer was attendance to restrain tabs spreading a Watford player, but the 17-year-old Bastin’s achilles' heel was inexpressive evident ditch Chapman unmistakable to mean him adventure the duct of description 1928-29 season.
He made his début combat Evertonon 5 October 1929 and was immediately a first operation regular, conception 21 appearances that time. He went on regard become trace integral sportswoman in depiction side peter out the exertion decade, singing over 35 matches fulfill every time up enrol and including 1937-38. His play was characterised surpass a singular coolness, take precedence deadly preciseness in momentum of goal; he further became Arsenal’s regular punishment taker. Cliff’s
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SPORT [Football]
(Book #ID 26249)
Published by Cassell & Company, Ltd., 35 Red Lion Square, London First Edition 1962. 1962.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black and white lettering to the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 121 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Light foxing to page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 15 mm closed tear to top of upper panel, age tanning of white paper to lower panel, not price clipped 7/6, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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The Golden Age Of Arsenal (PART TWO)
The Golden Age Of Arsenal
PART TWO
by Gary Lawrence
In the 2nd part of this piece, (If you missed Part 1 and want to read that first click here) I’ve written about the players. Unfortunately there isn’t room to include them all, or to write in very much detail about the magnificent seven I’ve opted for.
Apologies to Frank Moss, George Male, Tom Parker, Bob John, Herbie Roberts, Jack Crayston, Jack Lambert, Charlie Jones and all the other wonderful Arsenal players of the 1930s that regrettably I’ve had to omit.
A footballers life in the 1930s was of course very different from today. They were paid just £8 a week during the season and £6 a week in the summer. They didn’t live pampered lives, in gated mansions like today’s players.
The game was a lot harder then and players had to have their wits about them as the boots went flying in. The boots they wore were heavy, with reinforced toe caps and could do untold damage and often did. Nothing like the lightweight boots, which are more like slippers, that they wear today.
You wouldn’t want to get kicked with one of these!
The most skillful players like the inside forwards and wingers, had to be able to look after themselves and evade the kic