"An enlightening, entertaining account of the history and culture around the Premier League and wider arena of English club football."
Rather than being a blow-by-blow chronological history of the Premier League, Jimmy Burns’ The Premier is a fascinating episodic presentation of pivotal moments from the world’s most popular football league, both on and off the pitch. Mixing up detail on particular matches with thoughts from fellow journalists, and stories from players, managers and fans, this is a “colourful history of English Club football”, to quote the author’s intentions as laid out in the first chapter.
Interesting juxtapositions of notable players like Stanley Matthews and Gazza. Lioness success and Wagatha Christie mystery. Boozy pre-match bonding with fellow supporters, and accounts of how England fans have “a proven track record of exporting their worst habits” — The Premier is as diversely intriguing as the league itself. Unsurprisingly, money is covered too, including the quickly quashed 2021 proposal for a European Super League.
Personal, lively and loaded with memory-sparking nuggets, it’s a thought-provoking read for football fans, thanks to its even-handed coverage of even the less-than-beautiful aspects of the beautiful game.
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The Premier: Big Business and Great Football explores the history and evolution of the world's most popular football league.
Discover the curiosities and stand-out moments of the greatest Premier League clubs as well as fascinating stories of the owners, managers, players, fans and chroniclers who have lit up England's top-flight league for 30-plus unforgettable years.
From Wenger's Arsenal and Ferguson's Manchester United to the Guardiola-Klopp rivalry and Arteta, from tragic memories, tribal hymns and hooliganism, to controversial overseas owners and alleged breaches of fair-play rules, this is the Premier League in all its colour and complexity. Penned by an award-winning Anglo-Spanish writer, the book also highlights the contributions of Spaniards and other non-English players.
Delving beyond the purely anecdotal, this is a lively, illustrative, incisive, enlightening and entertaining account of one of the world's greatest sporting institutions.
The Premier features in the following genres: Sports, Association football (Soccer), Ball sports / ball games, Football variants and related games, Association football (Soccer)
The Premier is available in Paperback
The Premier was written by Jimmy Burns and published by Pitch Publishing an imprint of Pitch Publishing Ltd
The Premier has 256 pages
£13.49
