- Published: 15 August 2005
- ISBN: 9780224064361
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 448
- RRP: $35.00
The Beautiful Game?
Searching for the Soul of Football
- Published: 15 August 2005
- ISBN: 9780224064361
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 448
- RRP: $35.00
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