‘Both Legs Down One Knicker’ by Bob Bond received an impressive review by John Lyons. The book review is featured in ‘Late Tackle’ magazine, a monthly retro football magazine. The article stated: “It’s a combination of top-notch artwork and some witty words that made them come to life.  Bob clearly has a nice sense of humour and his cartoons make you chuckle”.

With a passion for drawing but failing at sketching cowboys, Indians and sci-fi, author turn to his other passion for football. He had a massive success with football illustrations, making a career in it. It’s an impressive collection of match cartoons, caricatures and stories, depicting the fifty years following the Second World War...

Bob Bond spent his early years in Lancaster but later settled in the Sussex coast. Around 60 years ago, he began illustrating soccer stories, for Fleetway Comics in London and for Scottish publishers, DC Thomson. Ever since, he has been sketching footballers for books, magazines and newspapers. He has inscribed and sketched comic-strip histories of numerous bigger English clubs and still draws cartoons for various publications.