The Beautiful Game?
Searching for the Soul of Football
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:4th Aug '05
Should be back in stock very soon
A powerful, passionate exploration of a game in turmoil.
In The Beautiful Game? 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.
Football is at the heart of British culture – yet never has it been in greater turmoil.
Once, football stood for passion, community, honour, even beauty. The game is in danger of losing its lifeblood - and its soul.
In The Beautiful Game? 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. 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.
‘For a fascinating insight into the causes, and the creators, of the game's ills this is a superbly told tale’ Independent
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 Smith
An 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 *
ISBN: 9780224064361
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
Weight: 332g
448 pages