On the Game: How Football Became What it is Today

A grumpy old fan tells the story of modern football. Acclaimed sports writer and pundit Chris England (An Evening with Gary Lineker) tells the story of modern football through the key events, personalities and innovations that have changed the game for better or
perhaps more often
worse.
Full of biting wit
but also affection where affection is due
this is the perfect read for the thinking fan who wants to make sense of it all before football finally goes Putin. AUTHOR: Chris England is a comedy writer, who has specialised in writing comedy about sport. His previous writing includes the stage plays (and subsequent films) An Evening With Gary Lineker and Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson, and the books Balham to Bollywood (a Radio 4 Book of the Week) and No More Buddha, Only Football about the 2002 World Cup). In addition, he writes the radio shows 7 Day Sunday and 7 Day Saturday for BBC Radio FiveLive, and contributed to the best-selling Pub Landlord books The Book of British Common Sense and Think Yourself British with Al Murray, The Pub Landlord. SELLING POINTS: . Covers everything from Best to Blatter via Alf Ramsey’s Mexican sausages and the Oiligarchs in amusing, informative and copiously illustrated entries. . The author has form: he co-wrote the PUB LANDLORD books with Al Murray; and is the sole author of BALHAM TO BOLLYWOOD, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week in 2009. Also AN EVENING WITH GARY LINEKER.There will be national PR. . Witty, informative, and enthusiastic (albeit with a healthy dose of scepticism), this is the guide every independent-minded football fan needs.