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Book SynopsisThe never-before-told inside story of how the Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular entertainment business on the planet.
Trade ReviewA remarkable and astonishing transformation ... detailed with panache * The Sunday Times *
Magnificent ... Witty, pacy, thorough, this is a book hard to put down
* Mail on Sunday *
The most fascinating book ever written about the Premier League * Mundial *
Astute ... forensic and impeccably sourced * The Economist *
A jaunty journey through the past quarter of a century in English football * The Times *
A fascinating book, by two witty and meticulous sports writers * Sunday Times *
captures the Premier League's startling and continuing evolution...Robinson and Clegg specialise in access...the scene setting is lively * Financial Times *
A shrewd and colourful account of the Premier League's business history * Jonathan Northcroft, Sunday Times *
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 Marcotti *
Magnificent . . . a fine job they have done explaining how English football went from moribund national embarrassment to globe-bestriding colossus.
Witty, pacy, thorough, this is a book hard to put down. * Mail on Sunday *
Richly detailed, remarkably told . . . Clegg and Robinson provide unparalleled access to the people who make the league go * Billy Beane *
A vivid portrait ... but also a candid account of the league's imperialist present and likely future ... it's quite an achievement * Tito Football *
Brilliant -- Miguel Delaney * Independent *
A tale told with much verve and some wit by two experienced sports journalists ... Revelatory * Spectator *
Informative and regularly entertains * FourFourTwo *
A brilliant book on the business history of the Premier League * Independent *
