Football Book Club

Sure, we've read plenty of books about on-the-pitch antics. But what goes on BEHIND the scenes? To find out, we're whisked back to Birmingham, 1995 for Karren Brady's memoirs from her time as Managing Director at City. Contains boardroom chaos, Boursin and naked Barry Fry. Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub Instagram - @footballbookclub Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footb...

Steve Bruce has - apparently - written six books. So we're heading back to read his very first work, the 1994 autobiography 'Heading For Victory'. Featuring double glory at United, Steve's time as the Gillingham equivalent of Cinderalla and we reveal his very unexpected criminal past. Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub Instagram - @footballbookclub Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patre...

This week we're joined by author, journalist and star of That Peter Crouch Podcast, Tom Fordyce. Tom's helped countless sports stars write their autobiographies (Crouch, Jamie Redknapp, Chris Gayle) and now he's going to let us in on how these books we read every week REALLY get made. As well as offering us help to write our own one... Plus Peter Crouch the soup fiend, the time Robbie Elliot tried...

This week we’re joined by star of Mock The Week - the brilliant Glenn Moore. For some reason Glenn has TWO copies of Steven Gerrard’s 2006 book ‘My Autobiography’, so we decided to read it too. Cue the highs and lows of Istanbul, Euro 2000 and a shopping trip with Martin Keown. Plus we find out what really went on with Steven and the Champions League trophy… Follow us on Twitter - @FootieBookClub,...

This week the book club read 'For Club and Country' by both Gary AND Phil Neville. A diary of the 1997/98 season, it's a tale of domestic struggles, international adventures and Gary getting his barn converted. Plus fawning over Becks, Henning Berg in a toilet and Fergie's review of Spiceworld: The Movie. Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub Instagram - @footballbookclub Join The Football Book Cl...

This week we're joined by star of Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo, comedian Ivo Graham, who is incredibly eager to read Neil Redfearn's 2006 book 'There's Only One Neil Redfearn'. Featuring the Barnsley legend's frozen turkey debacle, whether or not Neil would sign Dracula and loads more, as Ivo gradually falls deeper and deeper in love with Neil Redfearn. Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclu...

Now that he's finally left Arsenal, what better time for Football Book Club to read Mesut Ozil's 2017 book 'Gunning For Greatness'? Chronicling his career from Germany to Madrid to North London, the book club ask each other the timely questions "Was Mesut misunderstood all along?" and "Why does he talk about Jane Goodall so much?" Plus Mesut on Mourinho, Subway and Sergio Ramos's guitar. Hashtag p...

Football Book Club is back for a brand new series! To kick things off, we're reading legendary pundit Chris Kamara's 2010 book 'Mr Unbelievable', which features Kammy on jazz, mascots and rocking chairs, the Soccer Saturday team taking over Japan and the word 'unbelievable' a, frankly, excessive number of times. Join the club by following our social media pages... INSTAGRAM: @footballbookclub TWIT...

Welcome back to a big Football Book Club announcement! We are returning with a brand new series of brilliant and baffling footballers' autobiographies. Listen to Series 3 starting February 22nd where our first episode will be 'Mr Unbelievable' by the one and only, Chris Kamara. Followed us on social media yet? We are on twitter@FootieBookClub Our Instagram is @footballbookclub and search on Facebo...

It's the final episode of Series 2 and joining us to read Arsenal & England legend David Seaman's 'Safe Hands' is comedian and impressionist Josh Berry. Written in the year 2000, 'Safe Hands' tells the story of David's career so far, including Euro 96, winning the double with Arsenal and the time he went fishing with Chris Tarrant. Plus the England camp gets invaded by a man dressed as a giant...

This week we're heading back to Scotland to read Rangers legend Barry Ferguson's 2006 autobiography 'Blue: The Life and Times of Barry Ferguson'. Features Barry trying to win back the Rangers fans after his controversial move to Blackburn, getting into tussles with his best mate the gardener and Graeme Souness sleeping standing up. Plus Barry gives us a history lesson about a battle in 1679, Berti...

This week The Football Book Club invite author, filmmaker and Vice legend Oobah Butler to join the book club. And at his request, they're reading Southampton God Matt Le Tissier's 2009 book 'Taking Le Tiss'. Contains Matt single-handedly saving Southampton year after year, Ronan Keating's Charity Golf Tournament and Matt on a night out at a Shania Twain concert. Plus Sausage McMuffin binges, Louis...

Everyone's banging on about America at the moment, so this week The Football Book Club decided it's the perfect time to read 'Breakaway' by USA and now Tottenham Hotspur Women superstar Alex Morgan! Features Alex winning basically every trophy in the world, Hope Solo doing the worm and exceptional tips on how to park your car. Plus Ken's back with a new chant and we see how many American soccer-is...

This week The Football Book Club podcast read 'Gamechanger' by YouTuber and Hashtag United founder Spencer Owen (AKA Spencer FC)... who just so happens to be joining them for an in-depth interview. In this bumper episode, we had the chance to chat to Spencer about his life and career so far - from playing FIFA in front of millions on YouTube to founding the most talked about team in English footba...

This week The Football Book Club are reading former United maverick and current Lyon striker Memphis Depay's 2019 book 'Heart of a Lion'. And who better to read it with them than journalist & The Athletic's Manchester United correspondent Carl Anka? In a book like no other we've read before, we're whisked from Ghana to Manchester, with a quick stopover at Wickes, chatting Memphis the rapper, P...

The Football Book Club head back to 1986 to read then 31-year-old Villa, Wolves and Scotland striker Andy Gray's 'Shades of Gray'. Yes, that is genuinely the name. Features Andy banging them in for Villa, opening a doomed nightclub, walking through Birmingham barefooted and going on holiday with Ozzy Osbourne. Plus Ken has another new chant about a Wigan Athletic legend and we play the game 'Andy...

In a slight change of pace, this week The Football Book Club bring you the first 'Wider Reading' episode. James and Jack present exclusive interviews, bonus clips and answer your questions about the series so far. Featuring secrets from Grant Holt's co-author, the long-awaited Paddy Kenny Dramatic Reading and we discover what happens when Gerard Houllier and Japanese anime collide. Plus James's Ti...

In a Football Book Club first, the book club are joined by Sheffield United and QPR hero Paddy Kenny to read his brilliant new book 'The Gloves Are Off' ahead of its October 5th release. Includes eyebrows being bitten off, a back-up keeper obsessed with adult movies, Roy Keane being put in his place and we find out what it's like to concede the most famous goal in Premier League history. Plus Padd...

This week The Football Book Club read Norwich, Hibs, Shrewsbury and a team in Singapore legend Grant Holt's 2019 autobiography 'A Real Football Life'... and it's a cracker! Despite being one of the hardest books to track down yet, it's all worth it with tales of battered sausages, swan attacks, Chesney Hawkes and Bryan Gunn losing his cool with a bottle of sun cream. Plus Ken's back with another c...

The Football Book Club are back! And to kick off the new series they're reading wobbly-kneed Liverpool and Poland goalkeeping hero Jerzy Dudek's beautifully titled 'A Big Pole In Our Goal'. Featuring Jerzy getting chased by a goose, Craig Bellamy stealing a Darth Vader mask and king of the chants Ken's triumphant return. And if that isn't exciting enough, we find out how Zlatan Ibrahimovic likes h...

Ahead of the new series coming Monday 21st September, James and Jack bring you some of our favourite moments from Series 1 and the Behind Closed Doors specials. Featuring Nigel Worthington kicking skips, Jason McAteer asking Pierluigi Casaraghi out for a drink, Maya Yoshida buying Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles merchandise and - of course - Jermaine Pennant playing eggyboff. 'Cause Uptown Monk gon'...

It's the final Behind Closed Doors special and this week we treated ourselves to something a little different - a diary written by the Bridget Jones of ex-Reading goalkeepers, US legend Marcus Hahnemann. Written during Reading's first season in the Premier League in 2006, we find out Marcus's views on Leroy Lita's music taste, facial hair, Costco and the band Tool (we find this out a lot). Plus Ke...

This week behind closed doors, lockdown has flown by thanks to Rangers legend and bona fide hunk Lorenzo Amoruso's exceptionally titled 'LA Confidential'. Set in 2002, after being stripped of the Rangers captaincy, in the space of 247 pages Lorenzo falls in love with Glasgow, meets a ghost, gets addicted to Baileys and doesn't buy his girlfriend yoghurt. Plus Ken's back with another song, Glenn Ro...

Still on lockdown, still reading obscure football autobiographies. This week The Football Book Club read Kevin Phillips's very premature, 2000 autobiography 'Strikingly Different'. Featuring Kevin breaking records and winning the European Golden Shoe at Sunderland, his thoughts on Emmerdale farm, a local coach firm and the band Republica, and DJing powerhouse Danny Dichio. Plus Ken's back with ano...

The Football Book Club are stranded hundreds of miles apart, but quarantine (and questionable sound quality) won't stop them from doing what they were put on this earth to do - read increasingly obscure football autobiographies. Today, the book club meet remotely to read Manchester City legend Shaun Goater's 2007 novella 'Feed The Goat'. Featuring Shaun on Kevin Keegan, modelling in Rotherham, Ber...