Sabotage Times, We can't Concentrate so Why Should You?

Derek Hammond

Derek Hammond is co-author, with Gary Silke, of 'GOT NOT GOT: The A-Z of Lost Football Culture, Treasures & Pleasures' (224pp, Pitch Publishing RRP £19.99). They also write for Mirror Football, and have contributed to FourFourTwo, The Onion Bag and When Saturday Comes. GOT, NOT GOT focuses on British football’s apparent lost Utopia of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s – the fondly remembered ‘Golden Age’ of mudbaths and cloggers, of miniature, carpet-level games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. It evokes the feel and smell of football past, its rituals and relics. But there’s more to the agreeably grumpy authors’ vision than a hilarious, heartstring-tugging celebration of everything we miss in modern football. The book is also a blueprint to help restore the game to its former glories..