Biography
Spiksley had several items published;
- In 1907, his reminiscences were published
- Letters to a Swedish journalist were turned into an early Swedish book on how to play football
- In 1920 his Autobiography was written and published as a newspaper serial
- In 1928 Fred wrote a serial in a newspaper teaching people how to train and play football, each week looking at a different position or skill.
His autobiography was only discovered in 2007 and is over 56,000 words long. The Fred Spiksley biography - Flying Over an Olive Grove is currently being written with an aim for publication before 2010. This will feature over 200 never seen before photographs and illustrations.
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