5 Top soccer books like Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football by Tom Williams

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Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football

By: Tom Williams

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The players, the teams, the goals, the games, the scandals, the gloom and the glory: the story of F…

If you liked the soccer plot in Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football by Tom Williams , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-rich Owners

By: James Montague

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time football was run by modest local businessmen. Today it is the plaything of billion… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • football
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2. The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

By: Kang Chol-Hwan , Pierre Rigoulot

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

As tensions between the US and North North Korea continue to escalate, stories of life inside our l… read more

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3. The Road to Wigan Pier

By: George Orwell , Richard Hoggart

3.92

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

In the 1930s, commissioned by a left-wing book club, Orwell went to the industrial areas of norther… read more

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"I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

"...there is always a temptation to think that industrialism is harmless so long as it is clean and orderly."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

"According to Chesterton, tea-drinking’ is ‘pagan’, while beer-drinking is ‘Christian’, and coffee is ‘the puritan’s opium’."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

"It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really are."

-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

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4. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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5. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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6. Revolution: The Rise of Arteta’s Arsenal

By: Charles Watts

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of Mikel Arteta’s astonishing transformation of Arsenal November 2019. Unai Eme… read more

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  • sports
  • football
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7. Four Stars: A Life, Reviewed

By: Joel Golby

4.10

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby ‘There’s no one funnier than Joe… read more

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8. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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9. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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10. Building the Yellow Wall: The Incredible Rise and Cult Appeal of Borussia Dortmund

By: Uli Hesse

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 Towards the beginning of the twenty-first… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • football
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11. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

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12. Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography

By: Liam Brady

4.19

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

"Being a footballer was my destiny." After being expelled from school for playing football for his … read more

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  • sports
  • football
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13. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

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14. Keir Starmer: The Biography

By: Tom Baldwin

4.06

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more

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15. The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis

By: Conor Niland

4.38

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar… read more

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  • sports
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16. When Friday Comes: Football revolution in the Middle East and the road to the Qatar World Cup

By: James Montague

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

'Passionate and moving and provides further evidence of the universality of football' Jonathan Wils… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • football
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17. Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football

By: Tom Williams

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The players, the teams, the goals, the games, the scandals, the gloom and the glory: the story of F… read more

Similar categories in Tom Williams's Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football book and Tom Williams's Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football

  • soccer
  • sports
  • football
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18. Played in Germany: A Footballing Journey Through a Nation's Soul

By: Kit Holden

4.54

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Beyond the booze and the what football really tells us about Germany, the UEFA Euro 2024 hosts––––… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • football
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19. Calling the Shots: How to Win in Football and Life

By: David Dein

4.09

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and l… read more

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  • sports
  • football
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20. Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao

By: Christopher James Evans

4.69

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao is the first English language book that tells… read more

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  • football
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21. Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic

By: David Kynaston

4.50

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

'An epic contest superbly retold . . . a fascinating slice of social history, it is a spellbinding … read more

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  • sports

10 Best sports books like Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football by Tom Williams

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