Falling for Football edited by Adam Bushby and Rob MacDonald
Published by Ockley Books
2014, £11.99
Falling for Football is a highly significant book and not just because of the way it expertly conjures up why we fall for the sport, its tribulations and tensions, its vitality and emotion, in the first place. It is also noteworthy for the service editors Adam Bushby and Rob MacDonald have performed …
From Graveyard to Ambition by Phil Sumbler
Published by Amberley Publishing
2013, £12.99
Perhaps the most successful manifestation of supporter involvement in football ownership is the story of Swansea City who, despite some icky form of late, have enjoyed a quite ludicrous rise to prominence over the last decade while being held up as a poster child for all that is good in soccer governance. Here, Alex Quayle, an …
The stethoscope we have applied to the Football League over the past week has revealed a not altogether satisfactory heartbeat and the fact that the weaknesses section of our study has been easily the most read does indicate that there is concern for the competition’s health among supporters.
Which leads us to the threats section, the most portentous of the four categories, and one which can often appear indistinguishable …
The story of Bradford City’s journey to the League Cup final has been one likened to a fairy tale and, in a way, it ended that way too as the Bantams were beaten 5-0 by Swansea City.
In this particular fable, Jack climbs the Beanstalk to find his bride who has been taken by a giant, only to discover that - after his admittedly impressive adventures - that the …
Football is full of what ifs. What if Jonathan Howard’s “goal” for Chesterfield had been given against Middlesbrough in the 1997 FA Cup final? What if Fergie had decided Cantona was too much of a risk to sign? What if Spurs’s chef had opted for a vegetarian curry instead of a lasagne before that game? And what if Paul Tisdale had taken the Swansea job…
Back in 2010, when …
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Steve: C.f. Phil Neville on MOTD2 talking about Rosicky's audacious blind pas...
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Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
