Denied Promotion By A Tree: The Book of Amazing Football Facts

Do you know the only English league club not obliged to change their strip in the event of a colour clash?

The player who scored with a header from his own cross?

The Scottish team which, in 2020, contained five players whose name was the same as the club they played for?

How about the only English league club never to have played a game on their home ground? Or, the only League game in which the referee scored?

You can find the answers, along with over 5,000 other amazing and little known football facts in ‘Denied Promotion By A Tree’, the definitive football fact book that will entertain, inform and be the talking point for football fans far and wide.

There is no place for the common-place in ‘Denied Promotion By A Tree’. Every current and former English/Welsh and Scottish club is mentioned at least twice. There are multiple entries relating to most clubs, so, plenty of amazing facts about the club(s) which you cover.

Discover the only club (British) to have played both legs of a European tie at home. The two team mates who left Port Vale, one to manage Juventus, the other, Real Madrid. The club drawn away from home in 19 successive Scottish FA Cup ties and...the club denied promotion by a tree.

Packed with images of football memorabilia relating to the entries, this is a book which captures the spirit of affection and belonging keenly felt by all lovers of football.