SHORTLISTED 2025

Football Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Go To War

by Jon Spurling

Set against a backdrop of economic recession, rampant hooliganism and suspect fashion, Go To War tells the story of how triumph and tragedy shaped English football during the turbulent 1980s. It was a decade where some fans died watching the game they loved, and at times, the ‘slum sport’ seemed set to implode. Yet remarkably, the game was on the cusp of morphing into the behemoth it has become today.

Go To War by Jon Spurling
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