The Club
How the Premier League Became the Richest, Most Disruptive Business in Sport
$26.07
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2019
Summary
An excellent recap, with wonderful access and forensic detail on the Premier League’s rise to global alpha status… All told with an arch sense of humour - The Guardian
How did English football - once known for its stale pies, bad book-keeping and hooligans - become a commercial powerhouse and the world’s premium popular entertainment?
This was a business empire built in only twenty-five years on ambition, experimentation and gambler’s luck. Lead by a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473699588 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473699584 |
| Author: | Jonathan Clegg, Joshua Robinson |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A fascinating and necessary investigation into the forces that led to the creation of the Premier League. Meticulous in its research - Jonathan Wilson, author of Inverting the Pyramid
Clegg and Robinson are expert storytellers in unspooling the narrative of one of Britain’s most successful exports, illustrating the creative tensions between owners that made it possible. The work is at once thorough but also readable and entertaining, with protagonists presented as real live characters, rather than faceless suits: a testament to their reporting and writing skills - Gabriele MarcottiRichly detailed, remarkably told … Clegg and Robinson provide unparalleled access to the people who make the league go’ - Billy BeaneAn excellent recap, with wonderful access and forensic detail on the Premier League’s rise to global alpha status… All told with an arch sense of humour - The GuardianAbout The Author
Jonathan Clegg
Jonathan Clegg is a senior editor for The Wall Street Journal, his work has also appeared in the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and FourFourTwo magazine.
Joshua Robinson is the European sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.
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