Get In!: Football according to Mark Goldbridge

Football is a cruel, cruel game that fans have moments of shock, disappointment, and feeling like a right knobhead. It stings so much that their team might as well be sponsored by Dettol, but there is a lot to love about it. Join me as I give my definitive take on football, from transfers to trophies to touchline tantrums.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Football is a cruel, cruel game that leaves fans feeling shocked, disappointed, and like right knobheads. We want our teams to play like winners and fight for the badge to their last breath, but too often, there are clowns on the pitch and we think the circus is in town. We've endured abject surrenders in the pissing down rain, watched multi-millionaire managers lose the plot, and signed players who couldn't pass a parcel, all to the sound of Michael Owen's expert analysis. Season after bloody season, it stings so much that our team might as well be sponsored by Dettol. Why do we do it to ourselves? There's a lot to love, though. Nothing will ever emulate the high that a major win or seeing your team lift a trophy brings. Take Manchester United winning the treble: footballing perfection. And nothing else will ever come close. Life doesn't get any better than that. As I talk you through everything from transfers to trophies to touchline tantrums, join me as I give my definitive take on football. There's a lot to get through, so take my hand like an over-eager mascot and walk with me out of the tunnel into the glaring floodlights of what it means to be a fan… and how to survive it.

Weight: 502g
Dimension: 164 x 243 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529920147