Jon Henderson

Jon Henderson is a British sports journalist and author who has written extensively about football and its social history. His book When Footballers Were Skint explores the era before massive wages transformed professional football, telling the stories of players from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s who earned modest salaries while entertaining millions. Henderson draws on interviews with former players and their families to paint a vivid picture of what life was like for professional footballers before the Premier League era of enormous wealth. His account reveals a world where top players lived in terraced houses, took buses to matches and held second jobs during the off-season. The book offers both nostalgia and social commentary, examining how the transformation of football's economics changed not just the sport but British culture more broadly. Henderson has worked for national newspapers including The Observer and has covered sport at the highest level. His audiobook brings these compelling stories of football's more modest past to listeners who love the beautiful game and its history.