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REVIEW: Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford

Head for the Floodlights: Around the 92 in the 1980s – Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions, price: £16.
REVIEW: Head

JOHN LYONS
Head for the Floodlights: Around the 92 in the 1980s - Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions, price: £16.

In 1988 and 1989, Giles Goford and his father Jeremy travelled around England and Wales visiting each of the 92 Football League grounds. And Jeremy was not even a football fan!
Fortunately for football-obsessed Giles, Jeremy had a sense of adventure and wanted to bond with his teenage son. The rest, as they say, is history.
An insight into English football in the 80s
Giles and his father took hundreds of photos on their trips, some from outside the clubs they were visiti...

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