Sunderland in Quarantine:
‘Til I Die, A Club Transformed Just over a month ago, the second season of the behind-the-scenes documentary, Sunderland ‘Til I Die was released on Netflix to a world primed […]
Category Archives: Books
Book reviews
The Mixer Project: Chapter 4
Between the Lines This is my fourth installment of a chapter-by-chapter companion to Michael Cox’s tactical history of the Premier League, The Mixer. It also marks the beginning of the […]
The Mixer Project: Chapter 3
SAS and the Entertainers After a long break, we’re back in business with our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Michael Cox’s The Mixer (if you missed the first two installments, you should definitely […]
Women’s World Cup Book Club Must Read
Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer, by Gwendolyn Oxenham. With the United States kicking off their World Cup campaign today, it seems like a […]
The Mixer Project: Chapter 2
Cantona and Counters This is the second of 25 blog posts devoted to Michael Cox’s The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines. In […]
The Mixer Project: Chapter 1
A Whole New Ball Game With the May 30th release of Michael Cox’s second book, Zonal Marking, now seems like a good time to reflect on his first book, The […]
Russia 2018 Reading List
With the World Cup kicking off in a matter of days, it’s probably a bit too late for a pre-Russia 2018 reading project. Moreover, Russia has proved less evocative, at […]
Review: Angels with Dirty Faces
Jonathan Wilson, Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina (Orion, 2016). xviii+411 pages with notes, bibliography, index. Jonathan Wilson’s most recent book fills a notable gap. While there are […]
World Cup Book Club – Extra
Alex Bellos, Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life With the US team eliminated and another day before the quarterfinals start, you may be feeling like you have a bit more […]
Outside Review
My World Cup Book Club post on Alex Bellos’s Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life should be finished this weekend, but in the meantime you should check out Jonathan Wilson‘s recent […]
