Football Books

World Cup Books 2018: A Literary Guide to 32 Countries

I am on a mission to find a cracking read on each of the 32 countries competing at Russia 2018.…

6 years ago

Book Review: World in Motion by Simon Hart

English and Irish football fans, in particular, remember Italia ’90 fondly. Gazza’s tears, Nessun Dorma, Totò Schillaci’s wild staring eyes,…

7 years ago

Book Review: The Story of the World Cup

Brian Glanville’s famous book has been updated for Russia 2018, and he pulls no punches in his latest update covering…

7 years ago

Book Review: When Friday Comes

The Middle East is obsessed with football. While the wealth of Qatar and Dubai has attracted players at the tail…

7 years ago

Book Review: The Death and Life of Australian Soccer

Sydney-based football writer Gary Andrews casts his eye over Joe Gorman’s assessment of soccer Down Under in The Death and…

7 years ago

Football Book Review: Mister by Rory Smith

England is the big underachiever in world football and an English manager hasn’t even won their own domestic championship since…

7 years ago

Book Review: Behind the Curtain

Almost a decade before Jonathan Wilson wrote the brilliant Angels with Dirty Faces, he chronicled his travels in the former…

8 years ago

Book Review: Angels with Dirty Faces

The story of football in Argentina has finally been told. “Angels with Dirty Faces” by Jonathan Wilson is a must-read…

8 years ago

Book Review: Studying Football

Football has always played a pivotal role in sociology and politics. Whether as a barometer of the public mood or…

8 years ago

Book Review: Matchdays – The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga

As the Bundesliga continues to gain new interest and fans around the world, so the literature around it grows. In…

9 years ago