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Mihir Bose's top 10 football books
From Arthur Hopcraft to Nick Hornby, the award-winning journalist chooses the books that have improved our understanding of the beautiful game.
Glory Game
By Hunter Davies
Paperback
Published 06-Jan-2000
| RRP: | £7.99 |
| Our price: | £6.39 |
| You save: | £1.60 |
When first published in 1972 this book caused great controversy - Hunter Davies was allowed into the inner sanctums of a top football team and his pen and eyes spared nothing and no-one. Now the controversies have been forgotten, and his work has turned into a classic book on British football.
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Among the Thugs
By Bill Buford
Paperback
Published 03-Sep-1992
| RRP: | £7.99 |
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What sort of man spends his Saturday afternoons with people named Bonehead, Paraffin Pete and Steamin' Sammy? This is a book about the experience, and the attractions, of crowd violence.
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Only a Game?
By Eamon Dunphy
Paperback
Published 15-Oct-1987
| RRP: | £8.99 |
| Our price: | £7.19 |
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Presents an account of a season at a professional football club. The author charts the progress of Millwall during a season that begins with high hopes and ends with him on the transfer list.
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Broken Dreams
By Tom Bower
Paperback
Published 02-Apr-2007
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With a new, updated chapter for this latest edition, renowned investigative journalist, Tom Bower, takes on the football giants, exposing the money, politics and the vicious battles behind the beautiful game.
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Ball is Round
By David Goldblatt
Paperback
Published 30-Aug-2007
| RRP: | £17.99 |
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Aims to provide a definitive history of global football.
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