A selection of Richard Foster’s Guardian pieces collected together for the first time, alongside new articles written especially for this book and a foreword from Dominic Fifield.

From exploring Gareth Southgate’s teenage years at Crystal Palace to the Afghan Premier League, via non-league chairman, footballers making a difference through charities, World Cup stories, fan protests, some lesser known Play-Off oddities, and much more besides, there really is something here for everyone. This is football, but from an acute angle.