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Each is a precision-tooled delight... even apparently obvious subjects are described with such lyricism that the everyday is routinely transformed into the sublime... here is a book that contains nothing but pure, unadulterated joy * When Saturday Comes magazine * Delightfully written...countless little gems of recognition and satisfaction, many of them very funny... a lovely little thing * The Daily Telegraph * Lovingly crafted prose-poetry...a wonderful antidote to the money-sodden excesses of the modern game * Late Tackle magazine * I love this book, I had enormous fun reading it...a great book -- Matt Williams * Simon Mayo Drivetime show, BBC Radio 2 * Really nicely written. A brilliant book. Romantic, very recognisable things. -- James Brown * TalkSport * The author has compiled some wonderful things about our national game...I love this book. Wonderful. A delightful book. * BBC Manchester * A loveletter to nice things about football...fifty perfect little essays. A beautiful book. * BBC Tees * A wonderful book. * Off the Ball, BBC Scotland * I commend this book. Two pages are worth ten cliche-ridden football books. It evokes the nodal points of football memory. -- Archie McPherson * BBC Scotland * Full of eternal delight. I loved it to pieces. Hymns that evoke the essence of the game. A fantastic book. * The Anfield Wrap * If you've ever wondered why people love football, the answers lie within...a damn good read. -- Val McDermid A warm, smiling celebration of football's quirks, and of ours. Never mind how good a writer Daniel Gray is: what an eye he's got. You'll never watch a game again without liking some daft little moment and wishing you could share it with him. -- Michael Grant * The Times * A sonnet to football, whimsical and deeply rewarding. -- Stuart Roy Clarke * Homes of Football * A real midget gem of a book that fits perfectly into a jacket pocket for reading on the way to the match, or indeed during it if you're an England fan. -- Harry Pearson * author The Far Corner * Gray beautifully articulates the pleasure offered by such pursuits as jeering passes that go out of play, listening to the results in the car, and spying a ground from the train window...his prose is exquisite...a physically slim but spiritually hefty treat. * Pitch & Page Books of the Year 2016 *