The Football Man: People and Passions in Soccer

First published in 1968, this book has been re-printed several times. A book about the compulsions of football -how and why it drives players, manager, directors, referees, and fans. This book is now regarded as one of the finest ever written on the subject.

Features an intriguing early profile of a one Ken Bates, then Chairman of Oldham Athletic, now of Leeds United, as well as a chapter on managers, including Don Revie.

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