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An anthology of 23 stories and three poems associated with the theme of football (soccer).
- First edition (likely not stated) of this anthology of 23 stories and three poems associated with the theme of football.
- Only the items of speculative character or by authors above the genre threshold are indexed for this entry (note: Christopher Kenworthy's "Them Belgiums" on pp. 15-24 is nongenre, but the author might turn out to be above threshold).
- The copyright of the compilation is likely assigned for the year 1996 to the editor.
- The copyright of the respective content items is likely assigned for the year 1996 to their authors.
- There likely are short notes on the authors at the end of each story.
- The essay that in a usual anthology would be the foreword, the introduction or the afterword is here published as the 'half-time' on pp. 159-162.
- The pieces are organised in three departments, 'First 45' (pp. 9-158), 'Half-Time' (pp. 159-162), and 'Second 45' (pp. 163-288); the three poems are by John Hegley and are subsumed under the heading 'Hat-trick', but only one of them is of speculative content.
- Content not indexed for this entry appears on pp. 15-47, 59-82, 132-144, 191-219, 225-245, 267 and 270 & 271.
- This entry is for the initial printing.
- A dedication appears on p. 5 (p. 6 is blank).
- The table of contents is printed on p. 7; short acknowledgements are on p. 8.
- The cover art is credited and the price is stated on the back cover (according to the Archive.org copy); NOTE that the very same artwork is credited to {{A|Chris Moore}} with a later edition.
- Data from the OCLC entry for the second printing (OCLC 832990739), the Archive.org copy and a later edition with the same page count (and the likely same organisation of the items); month of publication from Amazon.co.uk.
