{"product_id":"ninety-two-a-life-in-football-grounds-oliver-holt","title":"Ninety-Two: A Life in Football Grounds","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"\u003e92 Grounds. 52 Years \u003cbr\u003eOne Lifelong Football Obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"justify\"\u003e **Ninety-Two: A Life in Football Grounds** follows award-winning sports writer Oliver Holt on a remarkable 52-year journey through the stadiums of English football. It began in November 1972, when six-year-old Holt attended a Manchester derby at Maine Road. From there came a lifelong fascination with football grounds, away days and the communities surrounding the game.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile friends discovered music and nightclubs, Holt was heading for places such as Bootham Crescent and Gresty Road. His eventual ambition was wonderfully simple but increasingly difficult: visit the current grounds of all 92 clubs in the Premier League and English Football League. More than half a century after Maine Road, the journey reached its destination at Harrogate Town's Wetherby Road.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYet this is far more than a football groundhopping book. Holt uses those stadiums to chart enormous changes in English football, from its traditional working-class roots to the commercialised modern game. Along the way he considers lost grounds, lower-league clubs, supporters, family connections and the character of football communities.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor anyone who understands why an old turnstile, floodlight or packed terrace can stir memories, **Ninety-Two** should strike a chord. It's a journey through football grounds, but also through changing times — and the enduring pull of going to the match.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(218, 32, 42);\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eROYAL MAIL TRACKED 48\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Publisher: \u003ca href=\"PUBLISHER-URL\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ePUBLISHER Quercus\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quercusbooks.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eView More Books from the Publisher\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Published: MONTH DAY, YEAR \u003cbr\u003e Price: £19.99\u003cbr\u003e Hardback: 000 pages \u003cbr\u003e ISBN-13: 978-0000000000 \u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 00 x 00 x 00 (cm) \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2026","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57367942005116,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1060\/2756\/files\/Ninety-Two-A-Life-in-Football-Grounds.png?v=1788028440","url":"https:\/\/www.soccerbooks.co.uk\/fi\/products\/ninety-two-a-life-in-football-grounds-oliver-holt","provider":"SOCCER BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}