A NEW SHOW! Neil Atkinson is joined by Jon Birchall, Gerry Donaldson and Simon Hughes to discuss three books related to football:
The Game Of Our Lives – David Goldblatt
Brilliant Orange – David Winner
The Spies – Luis Fernando Verissimo
WELL READ: THE FIRST ONE
Enjoyed the show, do another one about books.
Best footy book I’ve ever read (and continue to read) is the Football Grounds of England & Wales by Simon Inglis. First Published in 1983 it’s a social and economic history of the game structured very simply around the history of each of the 92 clubs and the development of their grounds. Ostensibly about the architecture but it’s full of stories about the ups and downs of each club.
The book is now nostalgia at its best for those of us who remember but will never again visit the Baseball ground, Highbury , the Dell, the Den, Ayresome Park, Roker Park Brunden Park, the Manor Ground and Maine Road. Modern grounds – boring but safe. This season is your last chance to go to Upton Park.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Grounds-England-Wales-Inglis/dp/0002181894/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438709214&sr=1-11
Outstanding podcast. Please do this again!
Great show and looking forward to the next. Probably way way too low brow and soapy for this panel but really enjoyed David Trueba’s novel Learning to Lose, and also the biography of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng – which (particularly the chapters about his time at Barcelona) gives an idea what an unforgiving and potentially destructive environment football is for anyone struggling with any form of anxiety or self-doubt, never mind mental illness.
Just ordered ‘The Spies’ – look forward to reading it.
Very enjoyable show this one, would be great every few weeks!
Really enjoyed this show and this panel. Looking forward to reading “The Spies” which was a new one to me. More please.
Hoping, if you keep with the football related book, you do an oldie but a goodie in ‘Football Against The Enemy’ by Simon Kuper, still a brilliant read!
Great pod though
Nice show fellas, though you’ve really got it in for broadsheet journalists!
Brilliant Orange is truly brilliant, as you say, a tour de force of clogs, cheese and Piet Mondrian. I loved it. Winner’s also written a book on English football, not as good because not as exotic, of course, but still very readable: Those Feet: An Intimate History of English Football. As for fiction, no need to look further than David Peace.