For those ineterested in the football equivalent of moneyball - The Numbers Game is a great read.
Might foster a little more sympathy for managers and also affect how you look at games too.
For those ineterested in the football equivalent of moneyball - The Numbers Game is a great read.
Might foster a little more sympathy for managers and also affect how you look at games too.
Looks interesting, will give it a go cheers.
Last football related book I read was the journeyman. Autobiography of a bloke who started off at arsenal academy but ended up playing his whole career throughout the lower leagu.
Bit about Steve Evans was amusing.
Snap, read that to cromer, Steve Evans bit was indeed amusing.
Have you read Soccernomics by Simon Kuper? - Really interesting on how money guides football as against other factors like population, numbers of players, history, etc. Lots of stats about how sides should win, based on various computations. I remember he said (in 2009 when it was published) that Paris St Germain should be the most successful club in the world using all the evidence and algorithms etc. They hadn't won their league for 15 years at the time. Then bought by the Qataris and started winning things every year domestically, if not in the euro comps. Very interesting on national teams' potential for winning stuff too....
Can I recommend a book written by Millwall fan and ex Royal Marine Graham Price. It's a fictional story based upon intimate personal experiences of having travelled to many parts of the Globe on military missions. A truly amazing journey, where this action packed story, full of intrigue and passion will unfold. A great deal of it is true.
It's called "A Piece of the Action" cracking read, you can get it on Amazon.
Haven't but will definitely put it on the list, thanks....
One more recommendation - don't shoot me on this, i can't stand the guy, but the best autobiography of a footballer i've ever read (before he joined the Scum) was the Ibrahimovic one - absolutely hilarious in places, sometimes intentionally, but really honest and quite brutal, as well as very revealing about how the new type of footballers think. I can't believe he got away with saying the stuff about playing for Van Gaal and Guardiola.
havent read that but will check it out. Two other old but great reads Gary Nelson and Steve Claridge autobiographies - very very honest and illuminating.
I quite liked Batty’s book for the honesty in it such as where he admitted following through in more than his tackling - I think the phrase is he touched cloth....
Mr Men books are a cracking read.
Just finished reading Soccernomics - decent speed read Jez particularly 'Use the Wisdom of Crowds' p43 and how Lyon go about their business..............
Had the pleasure of visiting their new stadia,like a shopping mall had absolutely everything even seating areas for different types of fans that follow them - a great 'fans' club too with a constant revolving door of managers,players each season but still able to compete in Europe and finish top three each season playing entertaining attacking football.Terrific fan base of all ages from all over France - great template for Rad,Leeds city council & local companies.
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