The Beautiful Game?

This is a quite magnificent book…with a splendid eye for important detail and a determination to ask difficult questions, Conn reminds us of what is important- Conn’s greatest feat in a book that is well researched and written with searing honesty is to show the game’s magnificent resilience – David Wash * Sunday Times *For a fascinating insight into the causes, and the creators, of the game’s ills this is a superbly told tale – Peter Corrigan * Independent *An important book * The Times *Should be read by anyone who really cares about football – James Lawton * Independent *This is a must-read for all who love football – Delia SmithAn intelligent and passionate work about the business of football from Highbury to Glossop that is as skilfully written and structured as any thriller; a worthy book without a hint of worthiness about it * When Saturday Comes *Hard-hitting- but the added value of The Beautiful Game lies rather in the effort to understand what is happening to the minnows, not the sharks. The stories he tells are scandalous, touching, and encouraging, at the same time * The Times *

David Conn is football’s foremost investigative journalist. He was Sports Reporter of the year in 2004 and is the author of The Football Business (Mainstream, 1997).

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