Saints Preserved

[Jeff Le Taxi]

Anyone else got this book? i recently bought a copy from ebay, only to find it has a lovely glossy cover but is filled with what looks like photocopied sheets! are they all like this? is it another of Illingsworths scams? surely the club wouldnt sell such a shoddy product? Im sure ive seen it for sale in the Megastore.

[St Landrew]

ISBN number..?

[Fowllyd]

I thought this was going to be a thread about former Saints players who have taken up jam making and pickling for pleasure or profit. You can imagine how disappointed I feel now.

[RonManager]

I thought this was going to be a thread about former Saints players who have taken up jam making and pickling for pleasure or profit. You can imagine how disappointed I feel now.

 

No no, you need 'Saint's Preserves', a cracking read.

[Fowllyd]

No no, you need 'Saint's Preserves', a cracking read.

 

Thanks Ron, you're a gent - I'm heading for eBay right now!

[Saint_clark]

What's it about? I can remember the commentator from the Sheffield United game where we stayed up shouting "Saints preserved" at full-time whistle, maybe he'd actually done a bit of homework on the club.

[miserableoldgit]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saints-Preserved-Z-Southampton-Football/dp/0955264219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272901180&sr=1-1

 

 

 

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780955264214/Saints-Preserved?gbase=true&utm_medium=Google&utm_campaign=Base&utm_source=UK&utm_content=Saints-Preserved

Edited 3 May, 2010 by miserableoldgit

[PaulSaint]

Anyone bought the echo book "A pictorial history of the frst 125 years"?

 

Thinking of buying but dont want it if its cr*p!

 

[st alex]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saints-Preserved-Z-Southampton-Football/dp/0955264219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272901180&sr=1-1

 

 

 

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780955264214/Saints-Preserved?gbase=true&utm_medium=Google&utm_campaign=Base&utm_source=UK&utm_content=Saints-Preserved

 

Not having a pop at Illingsworth, but, to judge a book by its cover, I wouldn't be surprised if the content is badly laid out, since the cover looks like that.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Not having a pop at Illingsworth, but, to judge a book by its cover, I wouldn't be surprised if the content is badly laid out, since the cover looks like that.

 

Mmm I agree. The cover looks like someone has just discovered the text box function on Microsoft Word and they're not afraid to use it.

[Jeff Le Taxi]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAINTS-PRESERVED-Southampton-FC-book-NEW-Free-P-P-/220596662721?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item335c95f1c1

 

Much cheaper here, probably worth £5.95 certainly not £15!

content is great, well written but print quality (from this source) is poor, i was wondering if the quality is the same from other sources?

[Guy]

I've got one of the eBay sourced copies, there's a handful of pages that are printed much lighter than the rest, but still perfectly readable.

 

Perhaps there's a duff batch of copies hence the low price.

 

Overall it's a amusing enough "bathroom read" but the content is a bit amateurish and the layout is plain, just text and a few black and white archive pictures.