Bill Hern

Co-author of Football's Black Pioneers

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | GOT, NOT GOT: SUNDERLAND by @HernBill

A treasure trove of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back in time to Roker Park and a red and white-tinted Golden Age of mud and magic.

@ConkerEditions

🛒 https://t.co/sxsXfGVorW

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FOOTBALL'S BLACK PIONEERS by @HernBill + David Gleave

Telling the stories of the first black footballers to represent the 92 League clubs.

Includes a foreword by @Anderson_Viv

@pioneers_book @ConkerEditions

🛒 https://t.co/kc86ihElJj

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | GOT, NOT GOT: SUNDERLAND by @HernBill

A treasure trove of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back in time to Roker Park and a red and white-tinted Golden Age of mud and magic.

@ConkerEditions

🛒 https://t.co/sxsXfGVorW

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FOOTBALL'S BLACK PIONEERS by @HernBill + David Gleave

Telling the stories of the first black footballers to represent the 92 League clubs.

Includes a foreword by @Anderson_Viv

@pioneers_book @ConkerEditions

🛒 https://t.co/kc86ihElJj

[Football's Black Pioneers Book @pioneers_book]

Still time to get this "perfect stocking filler" before Christmas. Wall to wall nostalgia for all fans. Available at @ConkerEditions or @ALS_Fanzine @FansMuseum @WaterstonesSun #SAFC #Sunderland

[Football's Black Pioneers Book @pioneers_book]

Really glad you like the book Nick. Anyone wanting a copy can get one from the publisher @ConkerEditions or from @ALS_Fanzine @FansMuseum or @WaterstonesSun on the way to or from the match tomorrow. #SAFC HTL

[SoccerBooksLtd @SoccerBooksLtd]

*OUT NOW*
A #SAFC treasure trove of memories & memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk the reader back in time to Roker Park. A red & white-tinted Golden Age of mud & magic⚽️📚👇
https://t.co/cV8AtNqYYo
@ConkerEditions @HernBill #Sunderland #PremierLeague

[Bill Hern @HernBill]

At Waterstones Sunderland signing copies of Got, Not Got Sunderland. A must for any Sunderland fan and a great Christmas present. @Waterstones #SAFC #Sunderland

[Football Fanzine Culture @FanzineFC]

The IDEAL Christmas gift for the Sunlun' fan in your life or to be honest anyone interested in old kits, autographs, Esso coin collections, the Roker Park TV gantry and much much more. It really is superb and is available here. https://t.co/S1ZtzMt2Nj

[Football Fanzine Culture @FanzineFC]

The post today contained a truly wonderful thing, a copy of the latest @GotNotGot adventure. Got, Not Got Sunderland by Bill Hern is a truly beautiful thing and includes a teeny tiny bit of text from yours truly about the 22 Sunderland fanzines we have traced.

[A LOVE SUPREME @ALS_Fanzine]

GOT, NOT GOT SUNDERLAND
BY BILL HEARN

GOT, NOT GOT SUNDERLAND is a treasure trove of memories and memorabilia for any fan - guaranteed to whisk you back in time to Roker Park and a red and white-tinted Golden Age of mud and magic.

Just like it says on the cover, this ‘Little Book of Mackem Memories’ is jam-packed with all the trappings of a Sunderland-mad 20th-century childhood. Open it up, and revisit the Lost World that revolved around miniature table-top football, stickers and comics as well as the sky-high promise of Saturday afternoons.

The book celebrates a more innocent era of football, lingering longingly over relics from the good old days – Sunderland shirts, petrol freebies and league ladders, badges, programmes and much more. Whether you made your big-match debut under Bob Stokoe or Peter Reid, this is the book to recall the cult heroes – Hughes, Montgomery and Tueart; Gabbiadini, Quinn and Phillips – and the marvels of a vintage collection that’s 100 per cent Sunderland.

They don’t make fan favourites, rosettes or Cup Final singles like this any more!

Place your pre-order now by clicking HERE: https://t.co/MBJO8k4PEx

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bill Hern is Sunderland born and bred. He watched his first League game in 1965 and saw his heroes go one up in the very first minute. ‘Supporting Sunderland is going to be great,’ he thought. Ninety minutes later he trudged away from Roker Park bemoaning a 2-1 defeat at the hands of a Wolves side that was relegated to Division Two only a few days later. Since then, the 1973 FA Cup win, various promotions and the current ascendancy of the club have made the many disappointments and relegations bearable. Bill is a historian and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous publications include Football’s Black Pioneers – The Stories of the First Black Players to Represent the 92 League Clubs, which includes a section on Sunderland’s Roly Gregoire.

Published by Conker Editions.

[Football's Black Pioneers Book @pioneers_book]

Got, Not Got Sunderland – The Little Book of Mackem Memories – Conker Editions A must for all Sunderland fans. Pre-order and get your name in a signed copy of the book. Out on 29th October.

[Derby County @dcfcofficial]

To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, Derby County is one of a number of clubs to link up with Show Racism the Red Card for a special campaign.

It will highlight the untold history of black footballers and commemorate the first 11 black players to play for the club. 🖤

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FOOTBALL'S BLACK PIONEERS by @HernBill + David Gleave

Telling the stories of the first black footballers to represent the 92 League clubs.

Includes a foreword by @Anderson_Viv

@pioneers_book @ConkerEditions

🛒 https://t.co/kc86ihElJj

[The Paddock and The Pavilion @ThePaddandPav]

Our next episode features an in depth chat with @butcher_roland about his new autobiography. In this short clip Roland responds to co author Dr Sasha Sutherland @SashaSCS about one of its key messages #makingadifference #breakingbarriers @pioneers_book @StevenageFC

[Windrush 100 Network @100Windrush]

The first panel of the day - chaired by the newly appointed Windrush Commissioner Rev. Clive Foster MBE - has @ppvernon, Rev. Mark Stewart, Simone Pound and @HernBill discussing: 'Why the Windrush Matters Today: celebrating our diverse history in sport and the community'

[Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 @StanchionBooks]

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FOOTBALL'S BLACK PIONEERS by @HernBill + David Gleave

Telling the stories of the first black footballers to represent the 92 League clubs.

Includes a foreword by @Anderson_Viv

@pioneers_book @ConkerEditions

🛒 https://t.co/kc86ihElJj

[Show Racism the Red Card @SRTRC_England]

Congratulations to @SunderlandAFC on promotion to the #PremierLeague.
#SAFC #ShowRacismtheRedCard
#sunderlandafc

[The Paddock and The Pavilion @ThePaddandPav]

After two successful book launches in the Caribbean @butcher_roland is back next week at @unionjackclub @CricketSociety for the start of his journey across the UK.
Roland talked about this in ep 332
https://t.co/Vo1Mhd7Fps
@HernBill @pioneers_book @deniszenk @BarbadosRoyals

[The Paddock and The Pavilion @ThePaddandPav]

@butcher_roland is back to reflect on the #ChampionsTrophy2025
What went wrong for England? Who should be the next England captain?
https://t.co/2rUYaVjBgU
#RolandReflects #AskRoland