Reviews
Book review: King Arthur Goes to Wembley
13 Sep 2012
British sport has had its greatest summer ever. The Olympics, the Paralympics, the US Open, the Champions League, Formula One and the USPGA Championship have all seen phenomenal British success.
The fun of football has...
Michael Essien endorses skate soccer documentary
7 Sep 2012
Michael Essien, founder of the Michael Essien Foundation, is the latest star to put his name behind Rollaball.
This documentary-in-progress tells the inspiring story of The Rolling Rockets, a team of Ghanaian polio survivors who are...
20 years of the Premier League 1992-2012
29 Aug 2012
20 years of the Premier League brings you two decades of the greatest league in the world all rolled into one magazine. From the biggest stars to the biggest scandals, read them all in the brand new MagBook.
Inside is a feast of...
St George's Day - A Frank Harper film
14 Aug 2012
If you liked The Football Factory and Green Street, then Frank Harper’s St George’s Day will be right up your street.
St George’s Day is a British crime thriller, following the infamous gangster cousins Micky Mannock and Ray...
Simple football psychology techniques to improve your game
10 Aug 2012
Soccer Tough: Simple Football Psychology Techniques to Improve Your Game is the new offering from Dan Abrahams, one of the leading psychology consultants in the world of foootball, aimed at helping footballers of all levels develop a winning...
Film festival preview: Kicking and Screening - The world's leading football film festival
10 Aug 2012
After its roaring success last year, the top international film festival, Kicking and Screening returns for a second year to London’s luxurious Everyman Cinemas.
The only festival in the world, that is totally dedicated...
Book Review - Glory, Goals & Greed: Twenty years of the Premier League
25 Jul 2012
With the new season drawing near, and the euphoria of this summer’s European Championships now a distant memory, the Premier League once again takes centre stage.
As it enters its 21st season, here’s a book assessing the first 20...
Book review: El Clasico
20 Jul 2012
It is a football rivalry that has fascinated fans around the world, and now followers of both Barcelona and Real Madrid can become engrossed once more in Richard Fitzpatrick’s offering El Clasico, which will be published by Bloomsbury, set for...
Book review: Be careful what you wish for
16 Jul 2012
If you were suddenly rich beyond your wildest dreams, would you buy a football club?
By the age of 36, technology maestro Simon Jordan had made £40 million. Then in six years he lost it all supporting Crystal Palace.
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Book review: There's Only One Stevie Bacon
13 Jul 2012
After one season away from the top flight, West Ham United will be returning to the Premier League next month and a new book is coming into shops in time for the new season.
There have been many Hammers legends in the past 30 years,...
Duncan Edwards – The Greatest
24 May 2012
Seventy five years since his birth comes the definitive and long awaited biography of a football legend, whose career was cut tragically short by the Munich air disaster.
One of the greatest players of all time, Duncan Edwards's story...
‘We Love You City’ celebrates 25th anniversary of Coventry’s FA Cup win
19 Apr 2012
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Coventry City winning the FA Cup with its top scoring play, We Love You City, which will kick off in the theatre’s B2 auditorium from Tues, May 8 to Saturday, May 26.
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Book review - Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World
17 Apr 2012
The question of whether the current FC Barcelona team is the best the world has ever seen is one of the most keenly discussed by football enthusiasts today.
As such, it is bold of Graham Hunter to attempt to deliver an authoritative...
I.D. – ‘The greatest football film ever made’
13 Apr 2012
I.D. is the greatest football film ever made. According to the makers, that is.
To be fair, it IS a decent football-related film, or rather a decent film about football hooligans.
But what sets it apart is its focus on...
Film review – Eric Cantona stars in Switch
22 Mar 2012
Eric Cantona was always a philosophical player. The former football superstar shows off his acting skills again, this time as Detective Forgeat in Switch, an explosive action thriller where everyone is a suspect.
Sophie Malaterre...
Puma are in the pink with striking new v1.11 boot
19 Mar 2012
The 'modern' view of pink is that if you are bold enough to wear it it means you are confident about your masculinity.
Puma are testing that theory with their new v1.11 i FG boot.
The striking footwear is a striking...
Why football is more important than religion in Africa
3 Mar 2012
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is quoted as saying: "Soccer isn't like a religion in Africa. It is bigger than religion."
And for many Africans, football IS their religion.
On Thursday, March 1, leading...
Total Football columnist Dougie Brimson is top of Amazon charts
29 Feb 2012
Football thrillers The Crew and Top Dog by Total Football columnist Dougie Brimson (pictured) are yet again at the top of both the free and paid football book download charts on Amazon.
Brimson has beaten off stiff competition from the...
Book review: Savage!
17 Feb 2012
Footballing macho man Robbie Savage gave 110 per cent every game and never shirked a challenge. He faced down some of the game’s hardest men, stood up to Alex Ferguson and even took Stuart Pearce out of one game with a bone-jarring challenge....
Book release: Richard Lee - Graduation
26 Jan 2012
When Brentford goalkeeper Richard Lee performed stand up in the West End of London it marked the start of a new chapter in his life, but one that won’t result in him becoming a comedian.
Instead, it served as a graduation...