Football Against The Enemy
by Simon Kuper | 
The Ball is Round
by David Goldblatt | 
The Best Game Ever
by Mark Bowden | 
A Few Seconds of Panic
by Stefan Fatsis | 
Brilliant Orange
by David Winner | 
The Numbers Game
by Chris Anderson | 
Forza Italia
by Paddy Agnew | 
Fear and Loathing in La Liga
by Sid Lowe |
The Essential Smart Football
by Chris B. Brown | 
Paper Lion
by George Plimpton | 
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
by Eduardo Galeano | 
The Little League That Could
by Ken Rappoport |
The Anatomy of England
by Jonathan Wilson | 
Next Man Up
by John Feinstein | 
Collision Low Crossers
by Nicholas Dawidoff | 
The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the Americas Cup, Twice
by Julian Guthrie | 
Trading Bases
by Joe Peta | 
Judo
by Hayward Nishioka | 
Norwich
by Karen Crouse | 
A Home on the Field
by Paul Cuadros |
Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study traces the world history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning, where chaos reigned. Along the way, author Jonathan Wilson, an erudite and detailed writer who never loses a sense of the grand narrative sweep, takes a look at the lives of the great players and thinkers who shaped the game, and discovers why the English in particular have proved themselves so "unwilling to grapple with the abstract." This is a modern classic of soccer writing that followers of the game will dip into again and again.