Each is a precision-tooled delight... even apparently obvious subjects are described with such lyricism that the everyday is routinely transformed into the sublime... here is a book that contains nothing but pure, unadulterated joy
When Saturday Comes magazine
Delightfully written...countless little gems of recognition and satisfaction, many of them very funny... a lovely little thing
The Daily ... Read moreTelegraph
Lovingly crafted prose-poetry...a wonderful antidote to the money-sodden excesses of the modern game
Late Tackle magazine
I love this book, I had enormous fun reading it...a great book
Matt Williams, Simon Mayo Drivetime show, BBC Radio 2
Really nicely written. A brilliant book. Romantic, very recognisable things.
James Brown, TalkSport
The author has compiled some wonderful things about our national game...I love this book. Wonderful. A delightful book.
BBC Manchester
A loveletter to nice things about football...fifty perfect little essays. A beautiful book.
BBC Tees
A wonderful book.
Off the Ball, BBC Scotland
I commend this book. Two pages are worth ten cliche-ridden football books. It evokes the nodal points of football memory.
Archie McPherson, BBC Scotland
Full of eternal delight. I loved it to pieces. Hymns that evoke the essence of the game. A fantastic book.
The Anfield Wrap
If you've ever wondered why people love football, the answers lie within...a damn good read.
Val McDermid
A warm, smiling celebration of football's quirks, and of ours. Never mind how good a writer Daniel Gray is: what an eye he's got. You'll never watch a game again without liking some daft little moment and wishing you could share it with him.
Michael Grant, The Times
A sonnet to football, whimsical and deeply rewarding.
Stuart Roy Clarke, Homes of Football
A real midget gem of a book that fits perfectly into a jacket pocket for reading on the way to the match, or indeed during it if you're an England fan.
Harry Pearson, author The Far Corner
Gray beautifully articulates the pleasure offered by such pursuits as jeering passes that go out of play, listening to the results in the car, and spying a ground from the train window...his prose is exquisite...a physically slim but spiritually hefty treat.
Pitch & Page Books of the Year 2016
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