The recently released publication "FOOTBALL IN CARTERTON" - The First 100 Years (1908 - 2008) was researched by Jenny Maxwell, wife of former Carterton Manager and Chairman Gordon Maxwell. The book tracks the formative years of football in Carterton, then a small village with barely enough players to field one team through to the present day multi faceted club offering cradle to grave football from mini soccer through to veteran's teams.

Various differing entities have carried the Carterton name in West Oxfordshire football and Jenny has attempted to include all aspects in this full colour publication that became an almost full time project for Jenny over the past year. The final product is an excellent read and well worth the price.

The following excerpt from the book's foreward epitomises the dedication of the writer Jenny Maxwell,

"Thirdly, and possibly my most life-changing football experience was seven years later when I saw a notice in the newsagents window... It read:

WOULD ANYONE INTERESTED IN STARTING BOYS FOOTBALL MATCHES IN CARTERTON PLEASE MEET ME IN THE W.I. HALL AT 7pm ON THURSDAY
Signed GWEN HEDGES & TED LUSKA.

Accepting that I was already a football widow, I suggested to my husband that it was in his and our sons best interest to attend the meeting. A 'little' father and son bonding, I thought. 'Little did I know that this meeting was to change my family's life for the next 35 years..'

Not only that but Jenny has also funded the production and publication of the book which became a labour of love for her. The book is now available for sale from Jenny at a cost of £10 plus £1 postage and packing.

To Purchase Your Copy of - FOOTBALL IN CARTERTON - on-line Click motif below to make payment with any of the major credit and debit cards. All purchases made by card will be despatched within 48 hours

Or for payment by post please send a postal order or cheque for £11 made payable to J. Maxwell - orders received will be sent on clearance of received cheque.

Send to:
Jenny Maxwell
14 Humphries Close
Carterton
Oxon
OX18 3HS
e mail jennifer.maxwell@ntlworld.com