Football Book of the Year

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The Sports Book Awards Football Book of the Year assesses all forms of football writing, with the Football Writers Association evaluating our most competitive category, as over one hundred excellent titles are submitted for consideration each year.

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The CLoc Football Book of the year, in association with the Football Writers’ Association Winner 2020_

Ultra

By Tobias Jones

Through the prism of Italy’s ultras – the most organised and most violent fans in European football – Tobias Jones examines the sinister side of football fandom, with its violence and political extremism, but also admires the passion, wit, solidarity and style of a fascinating and contradictory subculture.

The CLoc Football Book of the year, in association with the Football Writers’ Association Shortlist 2021_

The Quality of Madness
Tim Rich
St. Pauli
Carles Vinas, Natxo Parra
Soccer Diplomacy
Heather L. Dichter
Sacré Bleu
Matthew Spiro
How To Run A Football Club
Jim Keoghan
Champagne Football
Mark Tighe & Paul Rowan

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