Synopsis
'Magnificent . . . Goldblatt is the doyen of sports historians and brings to this account his forensic and telling eye for detail' - Mail on Sunday
A Sunday Times Best Sports Book of the Year
The epic exploration of society, politics, and economics in the twenty-first century through the prism of football, by the critically acclaimed author of The Ball is...
Details
05 September 2019688 pages
9781509854264Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
Magnificent . . . Goldblatt is the doyen of sports historians and brings to this account his forensic and telling eye for detailMail on Sunday
David Goldblatt is not merely the best football historian writing today, he is possibly the best there has ever beenDominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
Next time people tell you politics has no place in football, tell them to read David Goldblatt's The Age of FootballCas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor
A globe-trotting magnum opusTobias Jones, The Sunday Times
