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David Stubbs's England match reports make me weep with laughter. --Ben Marshall, The Guardian
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Since 2006, under the guise of the Wing Commander, a somewhat xenophobic veteran of numerous campaigns including the Boer War, David Stubbs has written reports on every major England fixture. These lay stress just not on the inestimable virtues of the England team, who merely by being English hold an advantage over the opposition, but on the shabby deficiencies of their hapless foreign opponents. They're larded with historical reference and cultural speculation as to the frightfulness of the swarthy foe. England, as ever, expects in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup. These reports capture the essence of fervent, St George cross flag waving optimism as footballing fever grips the nation. These reports are interspersed with a brace of other football-based characters conceived by Stubbs, including Hartley Sebag-Ffiennes, pompous aesthete and Arsenal supporter, Hugh McLaughton, the broadsheet correspondent nostalgic for football's golden age of voluminous shorts and lace up balls, Self Righteous Liverpool fan and the appallingly sleazy Inappropriate Championship Manager. They amount to an unrivalled compendium of satire on the febrile and fervent world of modern football.
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Along with the Wing Commander, Inappropriate Championship Manager and Self-righteous Scouser provide a pant wettingly funny take on English football. Funny even if you're not a football fan.
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Only the English
8 Sep 2010
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An Awesome book that only the English could write. Only the English could create a great look at their team, only to have the ending we all know happened at the World Cup.
But knowing how the World Cup turned out for the English doesn't take away from the book, if anything, it adds to the supreme enjoyment the non-English fan will get from reading the book. It might even help explain why the English fan turned on Capelo so much after the world cup.
A fantastic look at international soccer with a new, sharp eye for details that would otherwise go unseen.
But knowing how the World Cup turned out for the English doesn't take away from the book, if anything, it adds to the supreme enjoyment the non-English fan will get from reading the book. It might even help explain why the English fan turned on Capelo so much after the world cup.
A fantastic look at international soccer with a new, sharp eye for details that would otherwise go unseen.
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