Perhaps unsurprisingly Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough by Duncan Hamilton has not strayed across the Atlantic as yet. But this top 10 soccer books from Amazon.com makes an interesting read. You can bet on which ones Mcain, Clinton and Obama might be reading...:
1. Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer by David Winner
2. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer
3. Soccer in Sun and Shadow, New Edition by Eduardo Galeano
4. Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
5. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy by Joe Mcginniss
6. The Glory Game by Hunter Davies - Account of Tottenham's 1971-72 season.
7. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby - Overrated crap, editor
8. A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character, and...Goals! by Tim Parks
9. Barmy Army: The Changing Face of Football Violence by Dougie Brimson
10. Soccer's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Clumsy Keepers, Clever Crosses, and Outlandish Oddities (Most Wanted) by John Snyder
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