BOOKS THIS MONTH

WHOSE GAME IS IT ANYWAY? by Michael Calvin (Pitch Publishing, £19.99)

Football has never seemed so distant from its fans, with many alienated by the greed and shameless at the top of the game. In Michael Calvin’s latest book, the acclaimed sports writer shares the lessons of a lifetime spent observing sport across the globe. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is a thoughtprovoking, deeply personal account of the role sport and particularly football plays in everyday life.

WHEN THE SEAGULLS FOLLOW THE TRAWLER: FOOTBALL IN THE 90S by Tom Whitworth (Pitch Publishing, £12.99)

The 1990s was a golden age for football. The Premier League exploded, England hosted its first major tournament since 1966, and a raft of new stadia sprang up in the wake of the Taylor Report. In When the Seagulls Follow the Trawler, Tom Whitworth travels to the hotbeds of English football to meet players, managers and fans who lived through that great era.