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I hate spoiler alerts on the cover.

Gillespie was a monumental f-up (I've read his book). He was a hopeless gambling addict by that stage in. Not sure if it was public knowledge at the time though, but Nelsons view may have changed had he known back then.

I read the first one, and was totally underwhelmed. No names = no interest for me. It was an elongated equivalent of a generic bullshit Sunsport hack story where "a source revealed that....." blah.

Yup, thats in my collection too, I've read that a couple of times and its superb. From the fans view, the journalists view, the access he had to the players, the manager, the stuffed shirts at FA at the time. Possibly one of the best football books ever written.

I've read that too. You're right, its brilliant.

I picked this up recently Before you close the thread and report me, its actually a truly marvelous account by a USA journalist (Chuck Culpepper) who grew bored and weary of the NFL / MLB / NBA. So he flies to England, picks a PL team (at the time P#@*#y), and follows them for a whole season...