# The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

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- Authors: [Allan Ahlberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-ahlberg)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-03-06

## Description

Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organized. The boys from the bottom pitch get a team up, but there's no chance they'll win, of course. They're just the odds and sods – one of them is even a girl – but they're all football crazy and ready and eager to beat off the opposition. A funny and moving story of football and friendship in a world when the streets were full of kids and empty of cars. Not only for boys – and girls – of 9+, there's a real pull of nostalgia for adults as well. And, of course, for all lovers of football, whether on the pitch or in the park.

## Editions

### The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

- Publisher: Puffin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4191-353-7
- Published: 2008-03-06
- Language: en_GB

### The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

- Publisher: Puffin
- ISBN: 978-01-4132-142-4
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2008-03-06
- Language: en_GB