The Football Business
An intimate and meticulously
researched journey from the wealth of the Premier League to the grass-roots of poverty,
David Conn's blistering account of English football has become a modern classic. Conn
explores the game's transformation - from the horror of Hillsborough to the Premier League
breakaway, with its Sky TV deals and rising tide of commercialism. Here we meet the
winners:
multi-millionaire chairmen;
players on thousands of pounds a week. And those football has left behind: the bereaved
Hillsborough families; lifelong supporters priced out; struggling smaller clubs;
the dilapidated school and
amateur level game. This book looks unflinchingly behind the Premiership hype to ask, as
football's commercial revolution hurtles on, if the game itself is losing out.
'A witty, passionate,
beautifully written book' The Observer
'Alternately incredulous
and impassioned, utterly absorbing: all fans should read this book' Total Sport
'An excellent analysis of
the game' The Independent
'As an overview of how
much football has changed, it is a startling read' Daily Express
312 pages