Books written by Tony Matthews

Manchester City Player by Player

Details: Despite being a permanent reserve for the last two seasons of his career with City (mainly to Billy Meredith), Alf Bennett had an excellent record in 1893/94, scoring a goal every two games, including two fine efforts in a 4-2 ...
Quiet Courage: Forgotten Heroes of World War Two

The commander of Australian forces in Malaya, General Gordon Bennett, had initially been reluctant to allow the nurses to be evacuated because he believed that such an evacuation might affect civilian morale.
Steven Gerrard Fifty Defining Fixtures

Birmingham, full of energy, came again but it was Liverpool who came closest to adding to their score when Heskey, unmarked, blazed wildly over the top before Smicer was denied by Bennett after a smart flick by Fowler.
Alan Shearer Fifty Defining Fixtures

The only major incident that marred a spellbinding encounter was Roy Keane's sendingoff in the closing moments for 'unsporting behaviour', according to referee Steve Bennett. Newcastle made a bright start in front of their passionate ...
Cyrille Regis MBE: The Matches, Goals, Triumphs and Disappointments

In this fascinating new book, author Tony Matthews tells the story of Cyrille_s long and successful career through 50 important games - although he admits that he could easily have chosen 100!
Ryan Giggs Fifty Defining Fixtures

Ryan took part in a pre-arranged match between Salford Boys and United U15s side at The Cliff and with the United manager in attendance, looking on from his office window, he produced a fine display and scored a hat-trick in a 4-3 win.
West Bromwich Albion: The Top 100 Matches

After Baggies 'keeper Norman Heath had produced a superb save from Wilf Grant, Allen cleverly made it 21 from Ryan's pass on twenty eight minutes and the centreforward struckfor a third time seven minutes later from another Ryan assist ...
Ryan Giggs Fifty Defining Fixtures

Fifty fixtures that defined the career of an ordinary footballer, who went on to become a legend - Ryan Giggs.
The Golden Boot: Football's Top Scorers

In Albion's nextgame at Goodison Park, he had three efforts saved before guidinghome Ryan's mistimed shot witha cheeky backheeler to clinch a21 victory over Everton. Allen's ninetyninth League goal for Albion came from a tapin after ...
The Birmingham City Miscellany

... Winston Foster, Charlie Hare, Alex Jackson, Arthur Leonard, Alan Miller, Johnny Newman (also appeared for Exeter), Gary Poole, Dave Regis, Darren Rowbotham (also associated with Exeter and Torquay), Les Sealey and Harold Wilcox.
England in the World Cup 1950-2014

7 July 1990 England 1 Italy 2 Bari Attendance 51,426 England Team: P. Shilton, P. Parker, A. Dorigo, P. Parker, M. Wright, D. Walker, D. Platt, S. McMahon, P. Beardsley, G. Lineker, T. Steven. Substitutes: N. Webb for McMahon, ...
Huddersfield Town Miscellany: Terriers Trivia, History, Facts and Stats

This book collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about the Huddersfield Town club, from irresistible anecdotes to the most mind-blowing stats and facts.
Middlesbrough FC Miscellany

Agnew made over 500club appearances (436in theLeague) between 1983 and2002 with Barnsley, Blackburn Rovers, Portsmouth,LeicesterCity, Sunderland,York Cityand Gateshead before joiningMiddlesbrough as acoach, takingoverbriefly as ...
Complete Encyclopaedia of Aston Villa Football Club

This large format, fully illustrated book is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of Aston Villa Football Club.
The Men Who Made Sheffield Wednesday FC

Featuring biographies, statistics and selected illustrations, this book recalls the careers and achievements of each and every one of them - from club stalwarts to those who made just a handful of first-team appearances.
West Bromwich Albion: The Complete Record

Written by well-known football author Tony Matthews, this book provides an official record of West Bromwich Albion Football Club since their formation in 1883.
West Bromwich Albion 1953-1954

A history of West Bromwich Albion Football Club 1953/54
West Bromwich Albion Football Club

This book is part of the 100 Greats series, which collects short biographies and statistics of the 100 greatest players on various sporting teams or clubs throughout their histories.
The A-Z of West Bromwich Albion

The A-Z of West Bromwich Albion
Creativitree: Design Ideas for Family Trees

In deciding which books and articles to include in this collection, the compiler's rule of thumb was to include family histories whose progenitors and early descendants, at least, could be documented as having Huguenot ancestry.