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Once, football proudly claimed to stand for passion, community, honour, even beauty. Today, football is about money. Its richest club, Manchester United, earned GBP175 million last year; yet since 1992 thirty-six of the Football League's seventy-two clubs have been insolvent. The game is in danger of losing its lifeblood - and its soul. David Conn, the game's most respected investigative journalist, sets out on a journey through the heart of our national game, exploring how the sport has failed - and who is to blame. Travelling to football's every outpost, Conn interviews players, managers, chairmen and fans, building up a picture of a game mired in crisis. At its heart, football is a game deeply loved by millions. This is a book for those who keep the faith, who believe that the sport itself, stripped of the greed and self-interest blighting its organisation, still has values, and can still be beautiful.
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‘A quite magnificent book... Do yourself a favour: make this the seasonal gift to yourself.’ -- David Walsh, Sunday Times
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The most important football book published this year - a powerful, passionate exploration of a game in turmoil
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- PublisherYellow Jersey Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0224064355
- ISBN 13 9780224064354
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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