Scott Murray is a regular writer for the Guardian where he writes match reports on football and golf, as well as their much-loved daily newsletter, ‘The Fiver’. He has written for many other publications including The Blizzard, The Nightwatchman, GQ, Eurosport.co.uk, FourFourTwo and Men’s Health. This is his fourth book.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Old Mac pours a cup of coffee (206bc to 1888 – 89)1 Tom and George set a high bar (1888 – 89 to 1900 – 01)2 Colin and Toffee Bob lead the renaissance (1901 – 02 to 1908 – 09)3 Charlie misses two penalties (1909 – 10 to 1920 – 21)4 Billy and Frank blow everyone's mind (1921 – 22 to 1925 – 26)5 Hughie shoves a referee into the bath (1926 – 27 and 1927 – 28)6 Norman releases a novelty record (1928 – 29 to 1930 – 31)7 Herbert and George sprinkle some showbiz glitter (1931 – 32 to 1935 – 36)8 Sam gets lost in the fog (1936 – 37 to 1938 – 39)9 Stanley and Bob go to war (1946 – 47)10 Dennis slips on a pebble (1947 – 48 to 1954 – 55)11 Matt and Billy pick up the pieces (1955 – 56 to 1958 – 59)12 Yvonne stokes a militant mood (1959 – 60 to 1961 – 62)13 Johnny takes a taxi to the Orient (1962 – 63)14 Jimmy reverses into a canal (1963 – 64 to 1964 – 65)15 Malcolm speaks way too soon (1965 – 66 to 1970 – 71)16 Brian takes off for Tresco (1971 – 72 to 1973 – 74)17 Archie enjoys a kickabout in the street (1974 – 75 to 1979 – 80)18 Helenio is turned away from the door (1980 – 81)19 Chas & Dave wheel out the old Joanna (1981 – 82 to 1986 – 87)20 Howard tucks into his Sunday roast (1987 – 88 to 1991 – 92)AfterwordBibliographyAppendicesAcknowledgementsIndex

Marvellous book, a treasure for any fan of the game