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Author: Mike Keegan
Published by Reach in 2021, this is the story of how Joe Royle, newly retired as a player, took over an Oldham Athletic side on the brink of collapse in 1982 and turned the club into a challenger at the top of English football. It opens with Royle hitching a lift to his interview, told he could have the job only if he sold a player, and with bailiffs in the office the same day. Readers on Goodreads rate it 4.6 out of 5 (77 ratings), and one called it “one of the best football books I’ve ever read”. Best for: anyone who likes a small-club rise told through its manager.
