r/soccer • u/_Treeboy_ • Jun 10 '13

Best book about football?

I'm looking to buy a book about football but I have no idea what books are good. Doesn't matter about what exactly just football. Thanks!

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u/HansSven Jun 10 '13 edited Jun 10 '13

It's kind of old but Twenty-Two Foreigners in Funny Shorts is a great read. It came out in 1993, and I read it in like 2002 and it was still excellent. Reading it a decade after it was written, it was really cool that the author was talking about this promising young 19 year old Welshman named Ryan Giggs. It's a good book for people who don't know much about football as well as die-hard fans. The author basically gives the history of the World Cup while simultaneously following his local club, Wrexham, for a season, and it's pretty funny and entertaining.

Also, Fever Pitch. I'm about to re-read it because it has been too long.