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footie-related events, covering subjects from non-league to Champions League, with appearances from some of the UK’s most venerable sports writers.

Highlights include a live version of festival fave The Blizzard – the acclaimed footballing quarterly – with guests Jonathan Wilson, Rory Smith, Marcus Speller, while The Guardian‘s David Conn will be discussing his latest book, the Sepp Blatterskewering The Fall Of The House Of FIFA.

Manchester, of course, being the world capital of football, there’s events for both the red and blue half of the city: controversial player Joey Barton

and former City captain Paul Lake will be chatting about football’s “talent factory” with journalist Michael Calvin, while sports writer Patrick Barclay talks about his new biography of legendary Reds’ manager Sir Matt Busby.

Proving that there’s much more to modern football than crazy transfer fees and Pogba emojis, there’s even a special edition of The Non-League Show Live at the National Football Museum. Hosted by Radio 5 Live’s Caroline Barker, the show’s line-up includes Nige Tassell, the author of the excellent Bottom Corner: A Season With The Dreamers of Non-League Football.

National Football Museum, Waterstones Deansgate and Hotel Football / Wednesday, August 30 to Thursday, September 7 / Full line-up and ticket info at - quaytickets.com/ fwf2017