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Football Book Club

Football Book Club

By: The Football Book Club
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Like your books less Dickens, more Dickov? Football Book Club gets stuck into the true classics of the literary world - footballers’ autobiographies. As recommended by BBC Five Live, The Athletic, The Sunday Times and named one of Esquire's best comedy podcasts around right now. Described as “pretty funny” by Darren Huckerby.

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Football (Soccer)
Episodes
  • Barry Fry's 'Big Fry' (ft. The Upshot)
    Nov 24 2025

    This week we're entering the mad, mad world of larger-than-life football league legend, Barry Fry. As we read his classic 2000 autobiography 'Big Fry' with Jack Rivlin & Zachary Sweeney-Lynch of the brilliant The Upshot podcast.


    Featuring Barry's many run-ins with extremely dodgy chairmen, lifting a curse on St Andrew's with his own urine, signing George Best for Dunstable, identifying a headless corpse, ruining Karren Brady's life at Birmingham City, a surprising amount of Matthew Etherington, and much, much more.


    Want to hear a bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • FBC Classics: The Nevilles Watch Spiceworld with Sir Alex
    Nov 17 2025

    After Luke Chadwick joined us last week, we're sticking with the Manchester United theme by revisiting the time we read Gary & Phil Neville's jointly-written 'For Club & Country'. The highlight of which was their *genuine* trip to the cinema with Sir Alex Ferguson to watch Spiceworld: The Movie. Plus the Man United dressing room ponder over whether Princess Diana was the best looking woman in the world.


    To listen to the full episode, head to Series 3 Episode 4 'Gary & Phil Neville's 'For Club & Country'' by scrolling back through your podcast feed.


    Want to hear a bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub


    Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/


    X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub


    Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social

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    10 mins
  • Luke Chadwick on Man United, mental health & his new book 'Not Just A Pretty Face'
    Nov 10 2025

    Ex-Manchester United, West Ham & MK Dons hero Luke Chadwick joins us this week to tell us all about his brilliant autobiography 'Not Just A Pretty Face'. Featuring Luke on life under Sir Alex, terrifying Man United initiations, Roy Keane the mentor, getting addicted to Big Brother 2, and Lee Croft's insane theories. Plus Luke opens up about the chants he faced, and the mental health issues he experienced, after being taunted on They Think It's All Over, which he talks about so brilliantly in the book.


    Buy Luke's book here courtesy of Pitch Publishing - https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/not-just-pretty-face


    Want an exclusive, bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub


    Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/


    X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub


    Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social

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    58 mins
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