CHESFOXBOOKS

Sports History books to excite your imagination

Welcome to Chesfoxbooks.com, a selection of unique sports history books which take you back in time, whilst still making you feel you are very much in the present. Have a browse in the store, read the reviews, click, sit back and enjoy!

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The Green Toothed Witch & The Yellow Canary - CLICK TO BUY -SWIPE RIGHT FOR MORE

Price£9.99

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Charles Alcock & The Little Tin Idol (signed) CLICK TO BUY -SWIPE RIGHT FOR MORE

Price£9.99

Tour de France 1919 - 100th anniversary (yellow jersey) T-shirt

Price£12.99

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Charles Alcock & The Little Tin Idol T-shirt

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CHARLES ALCOCK & THE LITTLE TIN IDOL

The Story of the Birth of Football & the First-Ever FA Cup.
Signed copies (330 pages) only £9.99

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THE GREEN TOOTHED WITCH & THE YELLOW CANARY

Travelling the 1919 Tour De France and celebrating 100 years of the yellow jersey..

Signed copies (330 pages) only £9.99

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May 28, 2022
1 min

***** An enthralling story of the first years of the FA Cup!

I came across two guys selling this book at the 1st round of the FA Cup between Portsmouth and Harrow Borough FC. One of them turned out...

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May 28, 2022
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Absolutely Awesome !! *****

My lovely wife bought me your book as a birthday gift & because I very rarely read-I’ve only just picked it up in the last 3 weeks or so...

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Feb 20, 2022
4 min

Follow "Glass Eye", "The Eternal Second" and others on an epoch making Tour

The Yellow Jersey, the most iconic piece of apparel a competitor can pull on, made its first appearance during stage 10 of the 1919...

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Upcoming Events

Sun, 29 Jan
Book signing at FA cup celebrations -GENERATION CUP
Godalming
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29 Jan 2023, 11:00 – 17:30 GMT
Godalming, Charterhouse School, Hurtmore Rd, Godalming GU7 2DX, UK
Come and celebrate the first decade of the FA Cup (1873-1883) with this unique tournament hosting 18 of the original teams. The venue is Cahrterhouse School home to the 'Old Carthusians' who won the FA Cup in 1881. I will signing copies of my book on the day.
Thu, 24 Nov
151st Anniversary of the First FA Cup Final 16th March 1872 🏆
Kings Court Hotel
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24 Nov 2022, 12:06
Kings Court Hotel, Kings Court Hotel, Kings Coughton, Alcester B49 5QQ, UK
Discover the story of the first ever FA Cup tournament. Buy a signed copy of the book 'Charles Alcock and The Little Tin Idol'

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