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Can We Play You Every Week? A journey to the heart of all 92 football league clubs (Hardcover)

by Max Velody (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Short Books, London (2 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1906021473
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906021474
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 15.4 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 202,624 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Max Velody's Can We Play You Every Week? has something to please every fan because it has a chapter dedicated to all 92 league clubs... Velody really knows his stuff, and every pen-portrait is lavish with anecdote, trivia and opinion.

Every chapter starts with an appropriate quote, of which a fine example is Dennis Wise describing life at Chelsea: "Obviously there's a language barrier. The majority of the lads speak Italian but there are a few who don't." Velody also provides contact details for every club and nominates local heroes. A practical and entertaining work. --The Telegraph, November 2008



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"A wonderfully irreverent study of all 92 league football clubs, this gem of a book contains a host of facts that will not be found in more solemn works of reference. So, in the chapter on Rochdale, we learn that the club's striker of the early Sixties, 'Little Joe' Richardson, also earned a nocturnal living as an 'Alsatian kidnapper', selling the bewildered hounds from the back of his van to Liverpool security firms. Similarly, the chapter on Sheffield United contains the startling image of the club's 24-stone goalkeeper, William 'Fatty' Foulke, striding down the corridor stark naked after the 1902 Cup Final as he sought to confront the referee over a controversial decision. For Velody, the real heroes of lower league football are the fans, whose dedication has kept so many clubs alive."
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you buy just one football book this year......., 30 Nov 2008
.... buy this one. Who'd have dreamed that the likes of Port Vale, Rotherham and Carlisle could be so entertaining? It's packed with info and laugh-out loud stories but it is so much more than a collection of football funnies. This bloke really knows his stuff and more often than not the comedy is there to make a serious point, For instance the chapter on Liverpool kicks off with a quote from the American owner of Liverpool - "My son Foster is a fan of soccer. He was a goaltender. His brother was a defenseman" - which says it all. This is very much a book for fans, and the author is often scathing about who runs the clubs and the league. He's especially good on the way money has affected the game and the part fans have played keeping clubs going. I was nearly put off buying it by the cover, I thought it might be one of those hooligan books, but it isn't. Although there's a very funny bit in it about the time two gangs of Millwall supporters beat each other up by accident. I bought it thinking I might put it in the loo and dip into it occasionally but actually I read it all in one go, it's a fantastic read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest serious book about football ever, 1 Dec 2008
By W Allen (Southampton) - See all my reviews
I found this book through Facebook, of all places. Can We Play You Every Week has its own Facebook page which contains some of the more fascinating or funny things in the book. So there's a short documentary about a women's team of factory workers from Preston who were the most popular team in England in the 1920's. And some footage about the incredible Walter Tull, the first black outfield player in England and also the first black man to be appointed an English army officer - even though it was against army regs at the time. The funny stuff includes a northern pop star I'd never heard of reading the football results on the BBC and Melinda Messenger modelling latex (the relevance? the chairman of Doncaster Rovers was her cosmetic surgeon!!!!), as well as my own favourite, an emotional Delia Smith bellowing at Norwich City fans to make some noise. The Facebook page is very like the book, with a lot of very serious issues - racism, hooliganism, corruption, money - but in a very readable and entertaining way, and also has a lot of hilarious stuff too . It's also got a great explanation about why Brian Clough was a genius.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heart-warming book full of human interest stories , 28 Nov 2008
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Most of these books are recycled rubbish and I couldn't see why this one would be any different but at half price on Amazon, in an optimistic moment I thought I'd give it a go. Glad I did. It's entertaining and funny, and is full of hilarious and incredible stories about the history of each club which gives them their individual identity. But after reading a few entries, the bigger picture becomes clear and you realise just how much football clubs actually have in common. Many have had chairman just interested in making a buck for themselves, or managers clueless about their team. Others have suffered from a useless FA, the greedy clubs at the top - but all have a loyal following of fans who turn out on murky Saturdays every week to cheer their lower division team on and dig into their pockets to keep their club alive if they have to. This book tells the heart-warming tales of fans who've clubbed together and rescued their ground by clearing weeds and rubble with their bare hands, bought their grounds - and even players - and formed their own trusts to run the clubs - all of which remind you that there is still a heart in football, not just a pay packet.
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