Goole AFC have invited sports writer Martin Jarred to an NCEL Premier Division game next month to promote his new book on the history of the old Goole Town football club.

All proceeds from Pleasure and Pain, a detailed overview of the Town club from its formation in 1905 to its demise in 1996, will go towards Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK).

Goole Town were members of the NCEL for the 1995/96 season before they folded due to financial difficulties with Goole AFC forming in 1997 as a replacement.

And, Martin's taking copies of the book to the Victoria Pleasure Grounds on Saturday 14th December, 2024, when the Vikings entertain Rossington Main in an eagerly-awaited encounter.

Martin, 69, has spent five years researching the highs and lows of the old club and the result is a 208-page book containing a summary of each season, all results, scorers – both Goole’s and the opposition – league tables, pictures and line-ups from major cup games and finals.

It is thought to be the first-ever book written on the club but Martin, a sports journalist, is no stranger to producing football books.

He’s written eleven of them on Leeds United as well as ones on York City, the West Riding Senior Cup, and Britain’s gold-winning 1908 and 1912 Olympic squad.

He has spent hundreds of hours researching the club’s ups and downs with visits to Goole Library, the British Library at Boston Spa and the National Football Museum’s archives at Preston.

His main source of information has been the Goole Times newspaper and the defunct Goole Journal.

Pleasure and Pain costs £16, plus postage and packing, and can be bought directly from the author by emailing jarreds@globalnet.co.uk with your contact details.