Season 4
Darius Vassell's 'The Road To Persia'
The road to The Road To Persia is almost complete. Which means it's time to finally read the rarest footballer's autobiography of them all - Darius Vassell's. Featuring missed penalties, Sven's eulogies, drill mishaps and Trevor Sinclair going all Jackie Chan. Plus Disney princesses, Darius's mantr...
Story Time 2: Sturrock Vs Mpenza & Secret Agent Steve Ogrizovic
It's time for another round of Story Time, as the Book Club bring to the group some of their favourite football stories past or present. This week, Emile Mpenza takes Paul Sturrock to court, an eventful fixture between Albania and Iceland, and Steve Ogrizovic may or may not be in central Asia. Plus ...
Rob Lee's 'Come In Number 37' (ft. Jonny Sharples)
Twitter legend Jonny Sharples is a huge Rob Lee fan. So much so he owns two copies of his autobiography. However, he's never actually read it... Until now! Join us for Keegan v Tony Blair head tennis, Rob's high hopes for Diego Gavilan, and Nobby Solano's llama. Plus Noel's House Party, the time Jo...
Gary Lineker's Favourite Football Stories
It's our 53rd-book-celebration-spectacular! And to mark the occasion, we're reading 90s relic 'Gary Lineker's Favourite Football Stories' - a book we're fairly sure Gary had absolutely zero involvement in. Featuring some of Gary's (allegedly) favourite football-themed short stories, including ghost...
Neil Ruddock's 'Hell Razor' (ft. Kevin Day)
Joining the Book Club this week is comedian, Crystal Palace fan and co-host of the brilliant Price Of Football podcast, Kevin Day. Kevin chose Neil Ruddock's 1999 classic 'Hell Razor' for the club to read, a book which contains a jellied eel feast with Javier Vargas, Steve Sedgley sticking wine gum...
How Frank Is Frank Lampard's 'Totally Frank'?
In 2006, Chelsea legend Frank Lampard released his autobiography 'Totally Frank'. And, sixteen years later, we're finally asking the question on everyone's lips... Just how frank is it? Featuring naked conversations with José Mourinho, his mortal enemy Adrian Mutu, and his true feelings about his W...
Football Book Club: Story Time
We're taking a week off from reading footballers' autobiographies to bring you a brand new Football Book Club format. Welcome to Football Book Club: Story Time, where each member of the club brings a favourite football-related story - old or new - to the table. This week's stories include a little-...
David Beckham's 'My World' (ft. Steve Bugeja)
We're joined this week by the brilliant stand-up comedian & writer, Steve Bugeja (Russell Howard's Stand Up Central, Celebability, ITV2's Buffering). Steve wanted to read a book by his idol, David Beckham, so we chose 2001's forgotten classic 'My World'. Featuring Posh and Becks mania, the reaso...
'You Are A Champion' - Carl Anka on writing with Marcus Rashford
This week on the podcast we welcome back writer and The Athletic journalist, Carl Anka, to tell us all about writing the massively successful 'You Are A Champion' with Manchester United and England superstar Marcus Rashford. Carl takes us through the writing process step-by-step, including post-mat...
Robert Earnshaw's 'Earnie'
This week we're reading probably the smallest book we've ever read, if not the smallest book ever released - Robert Earnshaw's 2012, 103-page novella 'Earnie: My Life At Cardiff City'. Featuring Robbie on the art of goal celebrations, Sam Hammamm making Spencer Prior eat sheep testicles, and yet mo...