A Must Read for Football Fans..... - Rated 
This book is fantastic. Anybody with any interest in football has to read it. It is very easy to read and all the "accusations" Andrew makes are easily proved and it makes a lot of sense. Brillant book.
Simply Brilliant - Rated 
A wonderfully incisive book that cuts through all the PR and grandstanding of FIFA to look at what really goes on at the very heart of the organisation. It is impeccably researched and the almost story like way in which it is written makes it a very easy read.
You will never be able to look at FIFA in the same way again after you read this book.
Capitalism in Football... - Rated 
This book is about the entry of big money into football. The rest is not unusual: When capitalism enters a field it brings with itself large amounts of unaccounted for money, double dealing, political judgements, doping, vote rigging etc. The world football governing body is as corrupted as any other institution playing with money. Money laundring, political gain, sponsorship all follow in. The great game which the workers started now is reachable to them only on pay-to-watch TV stations. The important names to be found in the book are Dassler family, Sepp Blatter, Samaranch, coup leaders of Argentina, Coca Cola etc. Thumbs up for Andrew Jennings who unveiled the infamous circle.
Incessant yet Revealing - Rated 
If this book is true, then the world's favourite game has been a farce since FIFA got advert-wise in the 80s. Blatter is bent, so was the guy before him- lots of scandal, money where it shouldn't be, and a dodgy carribbean football chief make for an interesting and fast read
Public are cheated again - Rated 
Andrew Jennings is in a similar genre to David Yallop and having read his The Great Olympic Swindle highlighting the vote rigging and corruption behind Olympic Bids I thought I would try out his latest book. This was also subject to a recent Panaroma episode.
Rather bizarrely (not sure if this is by accident or design) the book covers the period from 1998 to the 2006 World Cup ie, almost a continuance of Yallop's How They Stole The Game although this time Sepp Blatter is the main protagonist. Additionally, this is largely a story of how voting is rigged and FIFA members are paid off/induced/persuaded and at times impersonated to get the right vote result.
Again, this is an excellently researched book which takes a slightly different tack to Yallop's although the underlying story is one of lies, bribes and corruption within FIFA.
Similar to How They Stole The Game this is another book FIFA tried to ban through the courts although this attempt was unsuccessful and as far as I am aware there nothing within the book has been disproved by FIFA since publication.
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