Brian Belton: 13 books
by Brian Belton
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
A brief look at the life of Stacy Bromberg and the world of Ladies Darts. Stacy Bromberg burst into the top echelon of darts when she made the final of the 1995 Women's World Masters. That was the same year she won North American Open. Although she was beaten by Englands Sharon Colclough in the...
by Brian Belton, Nigel Reo-Coker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2008
Packed with information and little-known facts about the club, the players, the managers and the fans, it cannot fail to please anyone whose obsession is all things claret and blue - and may even surprise a few who thought they knew it all! For many years, the terraces, the pubs and the living rooms...
by Brian Belton
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Beginning with a loving history of greyhound racing, Brian Belton tells the tale of a time and a place when the punters of the East End of London came together to urge their dogs on.
by Brian Belton
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
Johnny Budgie Byrne played for Crystal Palace, Fulham and England, as well as several clubs in South Africa, but he is most associated with West Ham, where he delighted the fans as he made goals, scored goals and put in fearless tackles. In the heady days of the 1960s he was on a par with the greats:...
Thames Ironworks
A History of East London Industrial and Sporting Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
The Thames Ironworks was an East London, Thames-side shipbuilding company that gave rise to West Ham United. The company also undertook civil engineering, marine engines, electrical engineering, and motor cars, and produced ironwork for Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge and HMS Warrior. Today the Thames...
by Brian Belton
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This book is a fascinating and entertaining mixture of the history and characters of the darts world. It features player profiles, trivia—including players' walk-on music, quickest matches, longest matches, 9-dart finishes, the most loved and hated players, and celebrity fans, as well as a treasure...
East End Heroes, Stateside Kings
The Amazing True Story of Three Football Players Who Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
On April 1, 1972, West Ham United made sports history by becoming the first club from the highest echelon of English football to field three black players in League competition. Clive Charles was born in Canning Town, just a few miles from the Hammers' Upton Park home; Ade Coker came to London from...
War Hammers
The Story of West Ham United During the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
This book tells the fascinating story of West Ham United Football Club during World War I. It charts the relationship between war and soccer by following the pursuits of West Ham from 1913/14 to 1918/19. In many ways, it was their success in wartime competitions that led to them being accepted into...
War Hammers II
The story of West Ham United during the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Building on the success of War Hammers, this book chronicles how the wartime conditions obliged the club to develop the outlook and approach that would give rise to its most successful period (from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s) and how the culture of the current incarnation of West Ham's style...
Battle of Montevideo
Celtic Under Seige
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2008
The 1967 World Club Championship decider between Celtic and Racing Club of Buenos Aires was one of the most violent and controversial matches of all time. Three Celtic players and two from Racing Club were sent off in total. A fourth Celtic player was dismissed but amid the chaos got away with staying...
Hammerin' Round
Speedway in the East End
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2002
This is a history of speedway at the West Ham stadium, from its first-ever dirt track meeting in 1928 to its final season in 1971. Exhaustively researched and supplemented with detailed statistical appendixes, this is a nostalgic but worthy tribute to the track heroes of a bygone era.
Questioning Gypsy Identity
Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2005
Brian Belton's powerfully original book examines Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies, families, and communities. Addressing the lack of contextual and social perspectives in the existing literature...
Gypsy and Traveller Ethnicity
The Social Generation of an Ethnic Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The book explores the notion of Gypsy and Traveller ethnicity and provides a critique of the conceptual basis of racial and ethnic categorisation. An analysis of the post-war housing situation is given in order to illustrate a connection between social and economic conditions, legislation affecting...