The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

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The Boyhood of Burglar Bill is written by Allan Ahlberg and published by Penguin UK. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0141913533 (ISBN 10) and 9780141913537 (ISBN 13).

Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organized. The boys from the bottom pitch get a team up, but there's no chance they'll win, of course. They're just the odds and sods – one of them is even a girl – but they're all football crazy and ready and eager to beat off the opposition. A funny and moving story of football and friendship in a world when the streets were full of kids and empty of cars. Not only for boys – and girls – of 9+, there's a real pull of nostalgia for adults as well. And, of course, for all lovers of football, whether on the pitch or in the park.