Brian Moore Saved Our Sundays

"The book is tremendous - wonderfully researched and written [with] good photos. [It brings back] great memories."

-- Fred Dinenage * Broadcasting legend and former presenter of Yorkshire TV's football coverage *

"Impressive work and much detail - a lot of it unknown to me. Very well done."

-- Gerry Harrison * Former Anglia TV commentator/Head of Anglia Sport and Senior Television Executive *

"A super read. Devoured it in three sittings."

-- Dan O'Hagan * Football commentator and the youngest commentator in Match of The Day's History *

"Much of the skills that light up today's football television coverage started with ITV's regional programming over five decades ago - an era superbly researched by Matthew Eastley - much of it told by the 'influencers' from back in the day. A story never previously recounted in such detail."

-- Martin Tyler * UK's leading football commentator and broadcaster and Sky's number one commentator for more than 30 years *

"If you were brought up in the 70s on a diet of Sunday afternoon football, then you will devour this book with equal enthusiasm. It captures regional voices of the commentators, the players and personalities of their era, and even more fascinating, how televised football changed beyond recognition up and down the country."

-- Chris Moore * Brian Moore's eldest son *

"Matt's book is a detailed labour of love that will resonate with anyone who lived for their weekly dose of Sunday football highlights in the 60s and 70s."

-- Simon Moore * Brian Moore's youngest son *

"Matt Eastley's book Brian Moore Saved Our Sundays is a fantastic trip down memory lane. It brings a football commentator's personal and behind the scenes perspective into focus of the joys and sometimes tribulations of that privileged position. Anyone who remembers the 'Golden Days' of the game should read this with not only nostalgia but also great delight."

-- Margaret Sinstadt * Wife of the late Gerald Sinstadt, commentator/presenter for Granada, Anglia and the BBC *

"What a joy! Back in my parents' front room... Sunday lunch washing up complete... and on comes the football. All the great old names... all the childhood memories. A wonderful deep-dive into the TV football of yesteryear."

-- Peter Drury * Top commentator currently with Sky and NBC but formerly with the BBC and ITV *

"Eastley has given us a wonderfully heartwarming, nostalgic look back."

* FourFourTwo *

"This is an excellent tour around the ITV regions awakening to the call for football highlights on Sundays. It’s a gripping journey that will have readers wallowing in nostalgia as matches, personalities, interviews and characters are recalled with affection." 

* Sports Journalists' Association *

"A fascinating read if like me you grew up watching football on ITV on a Sunday afternoon. Highly recommended."

-- John Roder * Match of the Day commentat