John Leonard
@johnleonard1908.bsky.social
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Recovering TV news programme editor & occasional author Salute! - out 2024 from Pitch Publishing
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Salute! The Inside Story of England's Own Goal at Berlin's Olympiastadion A fraught tale of botched diplomacy, the cynical manipulation of sport and poltics, and salvation for a refugee from the Nazis Out now in hardback & ebook from usual outlets ā½ļø
about 1 year ago
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Escape from Berlin An inspiring tale of redemption, honour and dignity from Pitch Publishing
3 months ago
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Escape from Berlin ā½ļøā½ļø
3 months ago
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Happy Birthday Stoke City FC šÆ From Stoke FC to SCFC
www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/ju...
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A hundred years of City, by John Leonard
The place to get all your Stoke City FC news and info
https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/june/25/a-hundred-years-of-city-by-john-leonard/
7 months ago
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Ideal for Stokies on Fatherās Day A biography of
#StokeCity
greatest manager, Tony Waddington - director of a working manās ballet. Plus nominated for Sports Book of the Year, 2021 - Flight to BogotĆ”, England & Stoke City rebel Neil Franklin
7 months ago
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Happy memories
#OnThisDay
50 years ago. Stoke beat Liverpool 2-0 on Easter Monday in a frustrating title chase. Tony Waddington Director of a Working Manās Ballet still available with details of how the Staffs fire brigade was the Pottersā 12th man
10 months ago
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As the world marks
#HolocaustMemorialDay
maybe worth noting international sportsā response to the growing Nazi threat during the 1930s. How successive failures led to the infamous Salute! The Inside Story of Englandās Own Goal at Berlinās Olympiastadion Out now at usual outlets
12 months ago
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reposted by
John Leonard
Stoke Football History
about 1 year ago
This in The Sportsman newspaper 140 years ago today. Stoke by now playing in āflannel shirts with red and white stripes and white knickerbockers.ā
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Just a little football history for the festive season - Flight to BogotĆ”.. How and why Neil Franklin turned his back on England & the World Cup to lead a group of British soccer rebelsā¦
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
John Leonard
Stoke Football History
about 1 year ago
If youāre looking for a š for a Stoke fanā¦
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Harry Lockett: Football's Unassuming, Unknown and Unsung Founding Father
Harry Lockett was first secretary of the Football League. This is the story of his remarkable life, from humble beginnings in Derby, where football was illegal, to writing the laws of the game and hol...
https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/harry-lockett
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An eclectic selection of books available from Pitch Publishing & yours truly. Ideal for sports lovers. A bio of the Director of a Working Manās Ballet plus a couple of controversial episodes in English football history, Flight to BogotĆ” & Salute!
about 1 year ago
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A German refugeeās UK visa sponsored by an England footballer was due to run out, on or about, this infamous day 9/11/1938 - Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. The horrific violent mass attacks on Jews across Nazi Germany. All covered in Salute! from @PitchPublishing
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Salute! The Inside Story of England's Own Goal at Berlin's Olympiastadion A fraught tale of botched diplomacy, the cynical manipulation of sport and poltics, and salvation for a refugee from the Nazis Out now in hardback & ebook from usual outlets ā½ļø
about 1 year ago
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