Football fanatics and photographers David Bauckham and Terry Buckman spent the whole of last season travelling around the county's familiar and not-so-familiar grounds plotting the season in pictures.

The emphasis is on the photos – each page is dominated by one good-quality bit of action or something more offbeat.

Each picture is supported by just a couple of lines of text which give an outline of the game it was taken at.

Clubs from the Observer area are well-represented.

The authors made made a number of visits to Bognor games as they battled to stay afloat in Conference South – including the vital home win over St Albans which took them to within a few points of safety in April.

And watch out for Rocks groundsman Eddie Broadbent digging his fork in his beloved Nyewood Lane pitch before the pre-season friendly against Worthing.

Our local county league sides also get plenty of exposure.

There's a poignant picture of the players leaving the pitch at the end of Chichester City United's last game played at Church Road.

And there's images from games involving Selsey, Pagham, Midhurst, Sidlesham and Bosham.

The inside cover pays tribute to stalwarts of Sussex football who didn't live to see out the season, such as Observer sports editor Ben Steppel.

David and Terry got to almost 140 matches in their quest to record a season of Sussex soccer. They can now have a well-earned rest safe in the knowledge they did the county proud.

- STEVE BONE

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