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Author: Pete Davies
Davies’s classic account of the 1990 World Cup, with unusual access to England’s squad under Bobby Robson. Vivid, funny and a time capsule. Writing in Bookforum, Leo Robson noted that it is “often described as the greatest book about soccer”, and Simon Kuper has said it exposed “a gap in football writing”, proving that literate fans would buy books. Best for: anyone who remembers Gazza’s tears, or wishes they did.
