Book description
Football has never been more hyped, more central to Britain's culture
than today. Yet never has it been in greater turmoil. Once, football
stood for passion, community, honour, even beauty. The game is in
danger of losing its lifeblood - and its soul.
In The Beautiful Game? David Conn, the game's most respected
investigative journalist, sets out on a journey through the heart of
our national game, exploring how the sport has failed - and who is to
blame. Now revised and updated to take account of the 2004-5 season,
this is a book for those who keep the faith, who believe that the
sport itself, stripped of the greed and self-interest blighting its
organisation, still has values, and can still be beautiful.
David Conn is football's foremost investigative journalist. He was
Sports Reporter of the year in 2004 and is the author of
The Football Business
(Mainstream, 1997).
