Feb 17, 2022 | The Main Blog
For the second time, Reading the Game marks a Champions League match week by exploring the history of the European Cup and specifically The Undisputed Champions of Europe by Steven Scragg. To be honest, it feels a bit odd that the final book of Scragg’s trilogy...
Feb 12, 2022 | The Main Blog
Last week, Reading the Game went Down Under as we examined a history of Australia’s National Soccer League. Continuing the international theme, today we look at Titans of the Teardrop Isle by Seth Burkett. I came to Titans of the Teardrop Isle with a certain knowledge...
Feb 4, 2022 | The Main Blog
Over the last few episodes of Reading the Game, there’s been a bit of a ‘globetrotting’ theme. My latest book review continues in that vein, in so far as we’re looking at The Death and Life of Australian Soccer by Joe Gorman. This was another book that I discovered by...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
I don’t watch much television, but I listen to a lot of podcasts. This is partly because I’ve always commuted to and from work and/or the football clubs I’ve been part of via public transport and I find bus and train journeys much easier to cope with while wearing...
Jan 30, 2022 | The Main Blog
For the latest instalment of my series of football book reviews, Reading the Game, I want to talk about The Irish Soccer Split by Cormac Moore. This was very much an impulse purchase; I found the book on Stanchion while placing an order for a different title; I ended...
Jan 26, 2022 | The Main Blog
When I was younger, I seriously contemplated emigrating. The twentysomething me came very close to packing up and moving to Amsterdam, as a couple of my mates had. An ill-fated promotion at work and my Dad’s ill-health put the idea on the back burner, where it...
