Overview
Who controls football in Britain today? The FA? The clubs? The fans? The shocking reality is that organised crime is moving in more aggressively than a Wayne Rooney tackle and there s little the authorities can do about it. Football and Gangsters is a revealing investigation into how organised crime has begun to take hold behind the scenes of professional football. Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler are just some of the sport s big names to have fallen foul of the game s godfathers and paid the price. Their alarming stories are told here. Criminal organisations have manoeuvred themselves into a position of power in football. Drug dealers launder money by buying clubs; hooligan gangs have muscled their way into the boardroom; and the influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow. Through a series of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with players, club officials, police and the underworld figures responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in this book.
Full Product Details
Author: Graham Johnson (Author)
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.212kg
ISBN: 9781845962470
ISBN 10: 1845962478
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 02 August 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Book of the Week * Independent on Sunday * Loyal followers of the beautiful game will be astonished by some of the revelations in this fascinating book, which spreads the net far and wide * Programme Monthly * 'Football and Gangsters will tell you more than you thought you wanted to know' * When Saturday Comes * This is a book that really gets under the skin of the beautiful game * Belfast Sunday Life *
An amazing book . . . a great read featuring some of the biggest names in English football. --BBC Radio Five Live
Book of the Week Independent on Sunday 20070819 Loyal followers of the beautiful game will be astonished by some of the revelations in this fascinating book, which spreads the net far and wide Programme Monthly 'Football and Gangsters will tell you more than you thought you wanted to know' When Saturday Comes This is a book that really gets under the skin of the beautiful game Belfast Sunday Life
Book of the Week Independent on Sunday Loyal followers of the beautiful game will be astonished by some of the revelations in this fascinating book, which spreads the net far and wide Programme Monthly 'Football and Gangsters will tell you more than you thought you wanted to know' When Saturday Comes This is a book that really gets under the skin of the beautiful game Belfast Sunday Life
Author Information
Former investigations editor at the Sunday Mirror, Graham Johnson is now a full-time crime writer and author of the bestselling Powder Wars and Druglord.
