Football Book Club

Forget the latest bestsellers or Booker Prize winners! Our book club gets stuck into the true classics of the literary world - footballers' autobiographies.

Author: The Football Book Club

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Genres: Comedy, Soccer, Sports

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'Over The Moon: Championship Football Poems' - Forgotten poems by Gazza, John Fashanu, John Motson & more...
Episode 23
Sunday, 12 April, 2026

Listener Nina has sent us in a book that, even after 96 episodes, we've never seen the likes of before. 'Over The Moon' - a collection of 90s football poems written by some of the greatest players of their generation, including Gazza, Gordon Banks, John Fashanu. Plus Pam Ayers.Featuring John Motson's terrible limericks, Jimmy Hill's take on 'Jerusalem', Gazza's genuinely heartbreaking verse, an outbreak of chickenpox, and a gorgeous PE teacher named Mrs Jones. Plus Ken Zong and new challenger Lucas Winter face off in a battle of the football chants, as we bring you the inaugural Eurovision Zong Contest.Want an exclusive, bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclubFollow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClubBluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.