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Flying Over an Olive Grove by Clive Nicholson, Ralph Nicholson and Mark Metcalf (Red Axe Books, £19.99)
FLYING Over an Olive Grove is the true story of a working-class boy who, as one of the greatest players of his time, went on to win every football prize going before he went on to coach around the world.
What makes it different from all the other football biographies is that Fred Spiksley was born in 1870, 15 years before the FA introduced professionalism into the sport.
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