Mud, sweat and shears : tales from the turf - life as a Football League groundsman / by Dave Thomas.

"Mud, Sweat and Shears is the story of Roy Oldfield - groundsman at Burnley FC through the 1970s and 1980s. It tells of how he went from miner to parks and recreation man and eventually became one of football's most-respected turf men. On the pitch he saw more bad times than good, but his offer to "...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Dave (Former Headmaster) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Worthing, Sussex : Pitch Publishing, 2017.
Subjects:
Oldfield, Roy.
Soccer fields > England > Burnley.
Turf management > England > Burnley.
Burnley Football Club.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:318 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 20 cm
Format: Book

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