Dr. John Sanders, Author at Football Paradise

Dr. John Sanders

John Sanders, a former adult educator, lives in Manchester but disconcertingly supports Liverpool FC. Since retiring he has returned to historical research and writing about his other love: football. The game, for all its faults and frustrations, continues to fascinate him.

Willerby Carr Lane County Primary School’s ‘A’ Team England Football WWII Childhood Hull

The Greatest Team Ever…That I Played (a Bit) For

Amidst all the pre-Covid journalistic and internet chatter about whether the all-conquering Liverpool team’s season…

Sofus Heading (1917) by Harald Giersing Football Denmark Futurism Painting

“The ballet of the masses”: Football and Dance from Shostakovich to ‘Pop’ Robson

In the endless quest for an explanation of football’s enduring and universal appeal, one aspect…