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Trapattoni: A Life in Football
Written by two Austrian journalists and appended with a relevant foreword and epilogue for the Irish audience, this biography of Ireland’s manager is slight but nevertheless worthwhile.
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Banter & Bustle, by Jeff Scott
Banter & Bustle is an enlightening insight into the Saturday afternoon experiences of the football-supporting Everyman – a breed which, due to the impact of an authorised mass media, may well become an endangered species.
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Freestaters, by Donal Cullen
With talk of an All-Ireland League in the offing again in 2008, Donal Cullen’s Freestaters – which includes a detailed history of the split between Belfast and Dublin football associations almost a century ago – is a welcome addition to the canon of work on the history of the game on these shores.
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You’ll Win Nothing with Kids, by Jim White
The title of this latest book by Daily Telegraph journalist Jim White is taken from a famously errant prognosis given by BBC pundit Alan Hansen. That’s as close as it gets to the bright lights of Premier League football, however. Instead, White’s compelling work reaches beyond the bling and the ivory towers to the very heart of the sport.
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Determined, by Norman Whiteside
It may be just sixteen years since his retirement, but Norman Whiteside’s autobiography is a fascinating account of a different era in football.
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Sunderland: A Club Transformed
Jonathan Wilson’s chronicle of the Roy Keane revolution at Sunderland is far from flawless but there are several nuggets for fans both casual and committed.
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