One of the best books I have read about football for a while

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    And The Sun Shines Now by Adrian Tempany

    Written by a Hillsborough survivor but not a book about what happened that day but a book about how football has been deliberately and greedily taken away from the fans and communities since then. Looks at how Murdoch got the Premier League and how the FA, League, clubs and fans have allowed the Premier League to change football into the bloated, money driven business it is today with a thoughtful comparison to how German clubs have tried to stop this. It does retread some of the stuff that Tom Bower covered in BROKEN DREAMS and David Conn in THE BEAUTIFUL GAME but well worth a read. It finishes with a chapter on the Hillsborough inquest and why it took so long (due to SYP's aggressive and false claims).

    https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571295111-and-the-sun-shines-now.html
     
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    Cheers for the heads up. Might have to read that
     
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    Ordered it last night by coincidence. Along with what I think will be a tough read of the updated Hillsborough-The Truth, by Prof Phil Scraton.

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    Just finished this after downloading it a couple of weeks ago. Brilliant read.
     
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