Rhapsody in Blue: How I Fell in Love with the Great Chelsea Team of the Early Seventies

Rhapsody in Blue is a joyous celebration of growing up in the late 1960s and early 70s in the aftermath of England's 1966 World Cup victory. It was a time when football and pop culture merged — an era of smoke—filled pubs, when Fray Bentos pies and fry—ups were consumed without guilt and parents had no fear of letting their kids stay out after dark. It was also a time without live TV football, when being a fan meant traipsing through the turnstiles every week. The book vividly recalls how a...