Our Cray Wanderers football history books
Photo: Phil Babbs at his familiar post selling programmes and books (including Cray 150 books) at the Cray Wanderers home match versus Ebbsfleet United on 27th November 2021.
Cray Wanderers FC is featured in many of our books. WANDERING THROUGH THE CRAYS (2015) is a social history of St Mary Cray and the Crays seen from the perspective of London’s oldest football club the Cray Wanderers. Finding that we still had bundles of unpublished material in the Wands’ archives we then published THERE’S MORE TO SAY ABOUT CRAY (2017) featuring a range of football and social history since the football club first saw the light of day at Star Lane.
Three of our recent books focus on the 1970s, 1960s and 1950s decades of local football: WHERE HAVE ALL THE STARS GONE? (2018), LET US SEE THE GOALS GO IN (2019) and CRAYONS IN MY SCRAPBOOK (2020).
Cray Wanderers (founded 1860) are the oldest association football club in London. Our archives are filled with so much fascinating history of the club that we continue to publish more books for the interest of local football fans and friends of the club. Last season 2021/22 from Cray 150 came three new books: THE TRIBUTE PROGRAMMES, EXCITING DISCOVERIES and SHIRTS THAT STAND THE STRAIN.
At the start of the new 2022/23 football season the Wands are playing in the Isthmian Premier League and you can see their home matches at Hayes Lane, Bromley FC. Two new books AWAY-DAYS CRAY and KEN COLLISHAW GOALSCORING LEGEND will be published and will be on sale at the home matches starting from 17th August 2022.
All of our books can be purchased from Phil Babbs at Cray Wanderers home matches or at The Croft Tea Room, 263 High Street, St Mary Cray.
To enjoy regular reads about the history please visit Peter Goringe's excellent Twitter site:
CrayWands History
@OfficialwandsH
The Official Twitter account dedicated to the history of Cray Wanderers - London's Oldest Association Football Club dating back to 1860.
Photo: Phil Babbs at his familiar post selling programmes and books (including Cray 150 books) at the Cray Wanderers home match versus Ebbsfleet United on 27th November 2021.
Cray Wanderers FC is featured in many of our books. WANDERING THROUGH THE CRAYS (2015) is a social history of St Mary Cray and the Crays seen from the perspective of London’s oldest football club the Cray Wanderers. Finding that we still had bundles of unpublished material in the Wands’ archives we then published THERE’S MORE TO SAY ABOUT CRAY (2017) featuring a range of football and social history since the football club first saw the light of day at Star Lane.
Three of our recent books focus on the 1970s, 1960s and 1950s decades of local football: WHERE HAVE ALL THE STARS GONE? (2018), LET US SEE THE GOALS GO IN (2019) and CRAYONS IN MY SCRAPBOOK (2020).
Cray Wanderers (founded 1860) are the oldest association football club in London. Our archives are filled with so much fascinating history of the club that we continue to publish more books for the interest of local football fans and friends of the club. Last season 2021/22 from Cray 150 came three new books: THE TRIBUTE PROGRAMMES, EXCITING DISCOVERIES and SHIRTS THAT STAND THE STRAIN.
At the start of the new 2022/23 football season the Wands are playing in the Isthmian Premier League and you can see their home matches at Hayes Lane, Bromley FC. Two new books AWAY-DAYS CRAY and KEN COLLISHAW GOALSCORING LEGEND will be published and will be on sale at the home matches starting from 17th August 2022.
All of our books can be purchased from Phil Babbs at Cray Wanderers home matches or at The Croft Tea Room, 263 High Street, St Mary Cray.
To enjoy regular reads about the history please visit Peter Goringe's excellent Twitter site:
CrayWands History
@OfficialwandsH
The Official Twitter account dedicated to the history of Cray Wanderers - London's Oldest Association Football Club dating back to 1860.
Away-Days Cray
Our forthcoming new book (mid-August 2022) offers you an armchair ride to places near and far where Cray Wanderers players and supporters have travelled to play football. There are many adventures and stories to be told about places where the Cray have wandered! You will find lots of splendid colour illustrations and fascinating facts in our book. (Price £4.95)
Photo: Cray Wanderers at Whitley Bay, Northumberland versus West Allotment Celtic in 2004 - the most northerly venue where the Wands have played.
Our forthcoming new book (mid-August 2022) offers you an armchair ride to places near and far where Cray Wanderers players and supporters have travelled to play football. There are many adventures and stories to be told about places where the Cray have wandered! You will find lots of splendid colour illustrations and fascinating facts in our book. (Price £4.95)
Photo: Cray Wanderers at Whitley Bay, Northumberland versus West Allotment Celtic in 2004 - the most northerly venue where the Wands have played.
Ken Collishaw: Goalscoring Legend
Ken Collishaw is the all-time record highest goalscorer for Cray Wanderers. Playing for Cray between 1954 and 1965 he netted an amazing total of 268 goals. Our forthcoming new book (mid-August 2022) tells his story with the help of numerous archive match reports, photos and tributes from people who were fortunate enough to see him play. (Price: £2.95)
This book is a second edition reprint and update of our earlier book published in 2006.
Ken Collishaw is the all-time record highest goalscorer for Cray Wanderers. Playing for Cray between 1954 and 1965 he netted an amazing total of 268 goals. Our forthcoming new book (mid-August 2022) tells his story with the help of numerous archive match reports, photos and tributes from people who were fortunate enough to see him play. (Price: £2.95)
This book is a second edition reprint and update of our earlier book published in 2006.
Exciting Discoveries
Every football club issues a programme at its home matches. Cray Wanderers are no exception. But a Cray programme always offers an exceptional feast of reading. Please enjoy the amazing, amusing and interesting articles that we have selected for a reprint in this new book. (Price: £2.95)
Every football club issues a programme at its home matches. Cray Wanderers are no exception. But a Cray programme always offers an exceptional feast of reading. Please enjoy the amazing, amusing and interesting articles that we have selected for a reprint in this new book. (Price: £2.95)
Shirts that Stand the Strain
Do you ever read the advertisements in a football programme? They can offer a uniquely interesting perspective of a football club and its local area if you survey the changing face of local businesses, shops and services over a 120-year period. So in this delightful little book please enjoy a light-hearted nostalgic look at a range of historic local advertisements featuring blacksmiths, boot makers, broughams and dog carts, cattle dealers, coal and coke merchants, confectioners, dyers, fruiterers, grocers, hosiers ... and then coming up to modern times: P.V.C. systems, software technologies and website designers. Price: £2.95.
Do you ever read the advertisements in a football programme? They can offer a uniquely interesting perspective of a football club and its local area if you survey the changing face of local businesses, shops and services over a 120-year period. So in this delightful little book please enjoy a light-hearted nostalgic look at a range of historic local advertisements featuring blacksmiths, boot makers, broughams and dog carts, cattle dealers, coal and coke merchants, confectioners, dyers, fruiterers, grocers, hosiers ... and then coming up to modern times: P.V.C. systems, software technologies and website designers. Price: £2.95.
