114 reviews for:

The Club: How the Premier League Became the Richest, Most Disruptive Business in Sport

Jonathan Clegg, Joshua Robinson

4.2 AVERAGE

indieleah's review against another edition

3.75

funny informative slow-paced

catronky's review against another edition

3.0

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This just made me sad. There were a few really interesting stories, but overall it just made me question if I should actually like the PL. The beginning and ending were interesting, but the middle dragged with story after story of really rich people making the league their plaything.

It was also weird to see the correlations between the calculated movements and my interest in the league. Good for them they got me!

jheuer95's review against another edition

4.75

informative medium-paced

rmichno's review against another edition

3.0

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Almost 4 stars but I felt a few chapters could have been dropped and some of the details trimmed to make this a tighter book.

But overall as a fairly new Premier League fan I learned a LOT about the history of the league, the teams, the owners and the players. It's amazing to see how much it's grown over the past decade or so.

The parts I liked the least about the book were the behind-the-scenes looks at the owners. Sorry, but as dramatic as the authors tried to make those scenes, it was hard to sympathize with billionaires having temper tantrums about not getting their way.

loonycrow's review against another edition

4.25

informative medium-paced

nash_fanny_pack's review against another edition

3.25

informative medium-paced

kbratke's review against another edition

4.5

informative reflective medium-paced

acasualreadersrecord's review against another edition

4.0

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I never in a million years would have guessed that I'd be sitting up late at night fervently trying to finish a book about soccer, a sport I don't even particularly care for or understand. But this book makes me want to watch soccer. It's a fascinating story of how an empire was built, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

stormblessedt's review against another edition

4.5

informative sad slow-paced

hebunz's review against another edition

4.0

informative relaxing medium-paced