We here at Skinbyrd are currently on the hunt for a copy of the the book/zine you see here to the left, anyone got any leeds on this? Have a copy you don’t want and are willing to part with? Because we agree, it more than just a fashion, it really is a way of life… Read more »

Posted: May 1st, 2008 under book covers, photos.
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I recently picked up David Goldblatt’s The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer from my local book shop, and I cannot recommend it more. Hulking out at over 1000 pgs, the tome represents three years of intensive study of the worldwide phenomenon of the beautiful game–presenting one of the best surveys of the sport I’ve yet to find. I recently stumbled across John Turnbull’s excellent review of the book as well as accompanying interview with Mr Goldblatt over at The Global Game and figured it’d be of interest to some of you lot. In other footie news… Read more »

Posted: April 20th, 2008 under book covers, football, soccer.
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Canadian born pulp-fiction writer extraordinaire Richard Allen (real name James Moffat) wasn’t really ever controversial. Despite selling enormous quantities of books, and at one point even been made obligatory reading to Aussie students, the very fact that Allen wrote about skinheads has made him simply too hated and blanked out to even be controversial! Read more »

Posted: January 18th, 2008 under book covers.
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