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The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties
Oct 11, 2024 10:18 PM

Author:Martin King,Martin Knight

The Naughty Nineties

Football has reinvented itself. As television money has poured into the game, the traditional working-class fans have poured out - not by choice, but by economic necessity. According to those in charge of the game the football hooligan has at last been eliminated from the landscape. But how true is this much-vaunted claim? Martin King, author of Hoolifan, brings his story up to date in The Naughty Nineties. Ironically, he finds that football hooligans now really are in the minority but they are far more dangerous and committed than ever before.

Reviews

A relentlessly upbeat guide

—— Brian O'Connor , Irish Times

Wonderful . . . It is easy to see that the author is passionate about racing

—— Belfast News

A good read but also a cracking travel manual

—— Daily Star

Horses for Courses has admirably succeeded in capturing the addictive enthusiasm of racing in Ireland

—— BOS Magazine

Far from being a tome for just those in the know, Horses for Courses is the ideal introduction for a newcomer to racing. . . Many of the author's encounters with people result in marvellous recounts of famous racing moments

—— Irish Field

Full of compelling anecdotes and perceptive analysis, and I would heartily recommend it even if it didn't also include a few excerpts from my own encounters with notable characters from the world of spin.

—— Brian Viner , Independent

Get hold of a copy of Amol Rajan's Twirlymen...This is a forensic and often lyrical examination of the history of spin

—— James Lawton , Independent

In Amol Rajan the twirlers have found a historian worthy of their deceptive art...a brilliant, revisionist book...which should be compulsory reading for anyone who claims to love the game even half as much as the author evidently does.

—— Simon Redfern , Independent

An eloquent, page-turning series of biographies about cricket's finest spin bowlers.'

—— Sunday Express

Amol Rajan provides a natty introduction to the spin bowler.

—— i

A charming history of spin-bowling

—— The Lady

Twirlymen is a splendid romp through the history of spin bowling. A delight from start to finish, it's a book I dearly wish I'd written myself.

—— Alex Massie , Spectator

A fine book

—— William Leith , Scotsman

Entertaining and informative

—— Brandon Robshaw , Independent on Sunday

This seductive book will engage those who don’t know a googly from a doosra and enlighten those who do

—— Independent
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