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Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up
David Conn
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Description for Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up
Paperback. David Conn's journey from supporter to sceptic - an impassioned look at what modern football means for its fans. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012. By placing the club's extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English football's transformation - from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to today's moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called 'the people's game'. A labour of love, ... Read more
Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012. By placing the club's extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English football's transformation - from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to today's moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called 'the people's game'. A labour of love, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857384881
SKU
V9780857384881
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Ref
99-99
About David Conn
David Conn is an award-winning author, journalist and broadcaster, widely regarded as the foremost investigative writer in football. He writes for the Guardian and was the 2010 Sports News Reporter of the Year. He has three times been named Football Writer of the Year by the Football Supporters' Federation for his investigative work. He lives near Harrogate, in North Yorkshire. ... Read more
Reviews for Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up
'The best football book I have read for a long time' Sam Wallace, Independent.
Independent
'Superb. Nick Hornby meets Michael Crick' Rob Draper, Mail on Sunday.
Mail on Sunday
'A must read' Tony Evans, The Times.
The Times
Independent
'Superb. Nick Hornby meets Michael Crick' Rob Draper, Mail on Sunday.
Mail on Sunday
'A must read' Tony Evans, The Times.
The Times