Author:David Wardale
Welcome to the obsessive world of Fantasy Football, where managers will do anything to succeed.
Every Saturday afternoon, 5.8 million people around the world settle down to see how their team will get on.
But this isn't the team they support. It's THEIR team.
They have spent hour after hour assessing injuries, swapping subs and tweaking formations. Because when the day is done and the scores are in, they want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'THAT TRIPLE CAPTAIN CALL WAS AN ACT OF GENIUS!'
David Wardale - writer for the UK's number one Fantasy Football site, Fantasy Football Scout - meets previous winners to discover how they beat millions to the crown. He reveals the leagues where failure involves outright humiliation and discovers just how low some managers will go to claim a psychological advantage.
Along the way, he finds Saudi sheikhs, stats professors, most of Norway and a member of one of the biggest pop bands of all time, all of them united by their unflinching desire for Fantasy Football greatness.
Fever Pitch for the fantasy football crowd. Everything a hardcore fantasy manager wants to read.
—— Always Cheating podcastEven better than I expected. 10/10.
—— FPL GeneralA must-read for all FPL enthusiasts.
—— James EgersdorffMrs Coach said I look like a kid at Christmas with this in my hands.
—— FPL CoachFascinating and humorous insights into the world of fantasy football.
—— FPL SombreroGenuinely enjoyable read and especially liked the walk down memory lane.
—— FPL 365Their correspondence is, at times, very personal and the reader gets the impression that the two writers are connecting on a deeper level, able to express views and thoughts that they wouldn’t share with anyone else. It is this feeling that as a reader you are being welcomed into a lively conversation about politics, life and everything in between, which makes the book so enjoyable and engrossing.
—— Chris Tilbury , ProspectThe pair make lively correspondents.
—— Max Liu , iIt's fun and possibly a fruitful format for future tournaments.
—— Giles Smith , The Times Books of the YearIt is worth having a read of this…to be reminded again of the joy of sport and how it adds colour and passion and pleasure to modern life.
—— Paul Rouse , Irish Examiner[It is] elegantly written.
—— Morning Star, Book of the YearAn interesting and unusual study of the global appeal of football
—— Richard Mason , When Saturday ComesThey both love football. So the letters are about football but also lots of other things. It reminds you that watching football is about lots of other things too… I really enjoyed this.
—— William Leith , Evening StandardPlaudits will arrive faster than an incoming tide.
—— Dorset EchoIn her memoir Leap In, Alexandra Heminsley gives an eloquent exposition of the painful, powerful but ultimately exhilarating effects of wild swimming throughout the winter.
—— Breathe MagazineHaunting and beautiful
—— Image MagazineA memoir about the power of a good teacher, about family, about loss, about growing into the man you are meant to be
—— Lemn Sissay , Radio 4A Boy in the Water is an uplifting and truly remarkable story of innocence, dedication, and commitment
—— AmazonThis book really struck a chord with me and I couldn't put it down until I read it all . . . amazing, a must read
—— Amazon'Written beautifully through the eyes of a child yet to enter his teens, 'A Boy in the Water' resonated strongly taking me back to my own childhood. A fascinating story full of innocence, achievement, ambition and trust.' Ellen MacArthur
—— Ellen MacArthur"I am absolutely in awe; a mindblowing and phenomenal feat. A Boy in the Water will challenge ideas of what is possible".
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