Description

The national game has a colourful past, an extraordinary present and an unimaginable future. "The Only Game" is the first total history of football - the clubs, the managers, the matches, and the stars. Moving from its early origins, through the popular explosion of the last century, to the world sport which now reaches well beyond the pitch, "The Only Game" is the book all football fans have been waiting for. Revisiting the incredible events of the last ten years, James Walvin covers in detail the years of violence, racism, and ultimately tragedy, that brought English football to its knees, and how the game was saved.