Reading the Game: Scotland’s Lost Clubs by Jeff Webb

Reading the Game: Scotland’s Lost Clubs by Jeff Webb

Apr 3, 2022 | The Main Blog

This week’s Reading the Game book review is of a book I discovered via Twitter; Scotland’s Lost Clubs by Jeff Webb. The microblogging site is often a bit of a binfire – especially when it comes to football – but sometimes, it is brilliant. Here’s an example: I wasn’t...
Reading the Game: Forgotten Nations by Chris Deeley

Reading the Game: Forgotten Nations by Chris Deeley

Mar 27, 2022 | The Main Blog

There’s so much great football writing now that no reader, however voracious, can possibly read – or even know about – everything that’s out there. So it was with this week’s Reading The Game review. I won a copy of Forgotten Nations by Chris Deeley in a...
Reading the Game: The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin

Reading the Game: The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin

Mar 25, 2022 | The Main Blog

This week’s instalment of Reading the Game is The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin. If you’ve been following the series, you’ll have already noticed that The Accidental Footballer is a bit of an outlier because it’s an autobiography, which isn’t the kind of football...
Reading the Game: In the Shadow of Giants by Leandro Vignoli

Reading the Game: In the Shadow of Giants by Leandro Vignoli

Mar 18, 2022 | The Main Blog

If there’s any sort of theme to the books I’ve reviewed in the Reading the Game, it’s that I look for the stories that don’t necessarily make the headlines. Even where I’ve chosen to read about a ‘big’ club, I’ve been much more likely to either avoid the ‘super clubs’...