“These adventures, the muddy bondings, the jumpers for goalposts, the shared shinpads, the well earned pints, the  stories we tell of goals we didn’t score, the friendships, the bondings together of unlikely fellows, disparate nations, creeds, religions, in honourable combat, when we should be doing DIY or cooking sunday lunch for the mother in law…….. all this, and not the pampered sports-washed money laundering of the premier League, is what football is truly all about……..”  paperback.