The Best Premier League Books of All Time

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet. This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient institution into a twenty-first-century entertainment empire. No one knew it when their experiment began, but without any particular genius or acumen, the motley cast of billionaires and hucksters behind the modern Premier League struck gold.

Pretty soon, everyone wanted to try their luck, from Russian oligarchs to Emirati sheikhs, American tycoons, and Asian Tiger titans. Some succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Some lost everything. Today, players are sold for tens of millions, clubs are valued in the billions, and games are beamed out to nearly two hundred countries, all while the league struggles to preserve its English soul. Deeply researched and drawing on one hundred exclusive interviews, including the key decision makers at every major English team, The Club is the definitive and wildly entertaining narrative of how the Premier League took over the world.

31,449 days.After last winning promotion to the First Division in 1935, it took Brentford 31,449 days to retake their position in the top tier of English football, when they hosted Arsenal on a balmy night in August 2021 and surprised a worldwide audience of more than a billion fans with a famous victory. But would the stunning opening night triumph prove to be a false dawn? How would the Bees – Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow, – cope with the challenge of the Premier League where they would face clubs whose resources, squad depth, and quality dwarfed their own?

Could a team that began the season without a single player who had started a Premier League match compete on a level playing field? Would Brentford’s revolutionary methods – under charismatic manager Thomas Frank – eye-pleasing play, and tactical nous be enough to ensure Premier League survival? Written with the full co-operation of the club and including exclusive interviews with players and officials, Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow follows Brentford’s debut season at home – in their beautiful Brentford Community Stadium – and away, as they took on the 2021/22 season. Detailing matches, rumours, signings and departures – including the arrival and impact of Christian Eriksen – and offering behind-the-scenes information plus historical insights, author Greville Waterman paints a fascinating picture of a club with an indelible bond, connection, and sense of unity with its supporters and local community. Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow? Absolutely not!

Official book: And now you're gonna believe us The most charismatic, inspiring manager in the modern game. A first-team squad brimming with new heroes and world-class players in every position on the pitch. A mythical stadium and a passionate fanbase the envy of the world. And the bar of footballing brilliance raised ever higher all in a dramatic top-flight season that will go down as the most unique in history since World War Two. This is Liverpool FC in 2020. The country's most successful club, back on top of English football with a record-breaking triumph to crown a glittering era for Jürgen Klopp's mighty Reds.

This official commemorative book tells the sensational story of a side which just kept winning, and winning, and winning. UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup. And finally, gloriously, at long last, the Premier League. This beautifully illustrated story of a historic season is packed with breathtaking images, exclusive interviews and revealing insight from Klopp and his Kop stars. Written by the editorial team behind the LFC matchday programme and monthly magazine and produced by the club's official publishing partners, Reach Sport, this is the ultimate souvenir for any Liverpool fan, telling the remarkable story as it unfolded day by day.