Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Football Stories from Stalinist Albania by Phil Harrison. I loved Duff’s book on the business side of the Tour de France so seems like an ideal writer to look at one of the more fascinating teams in English football. Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford FC by Alex Duff. Promises to be a fascinating book by former Liverpool data chief and hopefully the first real insider account of how data has been used by a major football club. How to Win the Premier League: The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution by Ian Graham. Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football by Tom Williams An exploration of Colombian club football during Escobar's rise and fall. Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia by David Arrowsmith. The Life of Total Football: The Origins and Development of Football's Most Entertaining Philosophy by James Jackson I loved Holden’s first book on Union Berlin so very much looking forward to this one. Played in Germany: A Footballing Journey Through a Nation's Soul by Kit Holden. Very much looking forward to this one exploring the shameful promotion of crypto by footballers and teams. ⚽ No Questions Asked: How Football Joined the Crypto Con by Martin Calladine. ⚽ How to Win the Premier League: The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution by Ian Graham. Charts Albanian football during the Communist regime until political change came in 1991. ⚽ Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Football Stories from Stalinist Albania by Phil Harrison. Promises to be a comprehensive indictment of the harms produced by the college football system. □ The End of College Football by Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva. I was a huge fan of Balukijan’s previous book The Wax Pack and he follows the same approach of tracking down former wrestlers based on which trading cards were in a pack. □♂️The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania by Brad Balukjian. ♟️ The Chess Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence and the Internet Brought A 1500-Year-Old Game to New Heights by Peter Doggers ⚽ Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford FC by Alex Duff. Big fan of Clegg and Robinson’s other two books on the Premier League and Messi v Ronaldo so this should be a must read. □️ The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg. □□Imitation Games: How the Gambling Industry Hijacked Sport in Britain (and Why the US Is Next) by Darragh McGee □ Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War by Jonathan Campion. Bio of the 1958 Tour de France winner who became a hermit after retiring from the sport. □ Angel of the Mountains: The Strange Case of Charly Gaul by Paul Maunder. I loved Sielski’s previous book on Kobe’s origins. □ Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk by Mike Sielski. I’ll have to skip over the Henry handball chapter, but other than that this should be great! ⚽ Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football by Tom Williams. Everything McCallum writes is a must-read book. □ The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops by Jack McCallum. ⚾ The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough ⚽ Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia by David Arrowsmith. ⚾ Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O’Brien ⚽ Played in Germany: A Footballing Journey Through a Nation's Soul by Kit Holden. Can’t think of a better combo of subject and biographer than the WWF icon and the always entertaining and uplifting Finkel. □ Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage by Jon Finkel. O’Connor’s biographies are always a must-read and whether you like or loathe Rodgers he’s undeniably a fascinating sportsman. □ Out of the Darkness: The Magic and Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor. I loved watching Hakeem as a kid and Fader’s bio of Giannis is fantastic so this promises to be great. □ Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon by Mirin Fader.
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