David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt is a writer, journalist and academic. He has written four previous major books on football, including The Ball is Round (‘A magnificent work...Takes football history to a new level’ – John Foot, Guardian) and The Game of Our Lives, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2015. His journalism has won major national journalism prizes, including Radio Programme of the Year and Sports Story of the Year (twice).