This Limited Edition book is from my archive of images taken at football grounds in Wales, and follows on from Nutty Turnout Wales. That book focused on including as many images as possible to record the moment in time of my visit. This volume is very different. I have created a printed, visual documentary through themed images, each carefully cropped and composed to draw the reader into and around the key parts of each photo. Studying rather than looking at the image itself, the club name and date taken will be the last thing noticed. There is no narrative other than the introduction, as the images speak for themselves.
Wales has an incredible variety of larger stands; the skills and hard work of club members are seen in others that they have designed and built to suit the needs of their club. Many grounds fit perfectly into their local environment, the trees or houses close to the ground or the impressive scenery beyond.
• 140 pages • 150 images • 79 grounds.
Limited Edition Hardback (To buy the paperback edition click here...)
I have been publishing books on football grounds, as seen in the final image, since 1995, the 30th anniversary book already under way. It will be offered only to buyers of previous books through the newsletter which can be most easily found at the bottom of the home page, and other pages too I understand. Details to follow!
The books cover all aspects of the subject including historical archive material, such as Football Grounds of the Early 1900s, presented as Visual History and including maps and historic images. Other books document fully the grounds found in certain counties, from the largest to smallest, stadia to village greens. Then there are the arty books, the ones where the image is more than just a photo of a ground or stand. The books on floodlights are the only two published, while Grounds Frenzy and Football Grounds Frenzy Wales highlight the beauty within a ground or in the backdrop, the hills or terraces of houses.
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Football Grounds Frenzy Wales
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Football grounds frenzy Wales
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