18 Top football books like The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies by Ryan Baldi

Cover of The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies by Ryan Baldi

The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies

By: Ryan Baldi

4.06

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2022 'A forensic insight into how our f…

If you liked the football plot in The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies by Ryan Baldi , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Open by J.R. Moehringer, Andre Agassi

1. Open

By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more

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"Control what you can control."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"The most animated talks we have are about…things"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

Cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

2. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

By: Christopher McDougall

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of al… read more

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Cover of The Second Half by Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane

3. The Second Half

By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more

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Cover of Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough by Duncan Hamilton

4. Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

Duncan Hamilton was there through all the madness, the success, the failures, the fall-outs, the dr… read more

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Cover of How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer

5. How Soccer Explains the World

By: Franklin Foer

3.81

Format: 4 pages,

Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. In fact, it's a perfect window into the cro… read more

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Cover of Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power by Simon Kuper

6. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power

By: Simon Kuper

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death … read more

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Cover of The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer by David Conn

7. The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

By: David Conn

3.63

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have… read more

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Cover of Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty

8. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Audio CD

During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more

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Cover of Soccernomics by Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper

9. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

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10. No Nonsense

By: None

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

So, you think you know Joey Barton. Think again. No Nonsense is a game-changing autobiography which… read more

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11. Keane: The Autobiography: First Edition

By: Eamon Dunphy , Roy Keane

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A publishing phenomenon in hardcover, Roy Keane's autobiography was the biggest selling sports book… read more

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12. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more

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Cover of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

13. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more

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Cover of Always Believe: The Autobiography of Olivier Giroud by Olivier Giroud

14. Always Believe: The Autobiography of Olivier Giroud

By: Olivier Giroud

3.46

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Always Believe is the gripping autobiography of Chelsea, Arsenal and France star Olivier Giroud. Jo… read more

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Cover of Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football by Michael  Cox

15. Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

By: Michael Cox

4.37

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real… read more

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Cover of Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever by Rory Smith

16. Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever

By: Rory Smith

3.84

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs … read more

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Cover of Basta: Rauwe, eerlijke en openhartige autobiografie Marco van Basten by Edwin Schoon

17. Basta: Rauwe, eerlijke en openhartige autobiografie Marco van Basten

By: Edwin Schoon

3.62

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Nog drie jaar lang heb ik alles geprobeerd om weer fit te worden. Werkelijk alles. Ver voorbij de p… read more

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Cover of Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game by Joshua  Robinson

18. Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game

By: Joshua Robinson

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Essential World Cup Reading Featured in The New York Times' 'What to Read During the World Cup' … read more

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Cover of SÍ SEÑOR: My Liverpool Years - THE LONG-AWAITED MEMOIR FROM A LIVERPOOL LEGEND by Roberto Firmino

19. SÍ SEÑOR: My Liverpool Years - THE LONG-AWAITED MEMOIR FROM A LIVERPOOL LEGEND

By: Roberto Firmino

3.94

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

A revelatory memoir from Liverpool legend and global football star Bobby Firmino.Master of the no-l… read more

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Cover of Mental: Bad Behaviour, Ugly Truths and the Beautiful Game by Jermaine Pennant

20. Mental: Bad Behaviour, Ugly Truths and the Beautiful Game

By: Jermaine Pennant

3.16

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

'I've seen things no one else has seen in football.'Jermaine Pennant is one of English football's m… read more

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Cover of Blue & Gold Passion: A History of Boca Juniors by Daniel  Williamson

21. Blue & Gold Passion: A History of Boca Juniors

By: Daniel Williamson

4.13

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Today, La Boca teems with tourists, drawn like moths to a flame for the sizzling steaks, street the… read more

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Cover of The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies by Ryan Baldi

22. The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies

By: Ryan Baldi

4.06

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2022 'A forensic insight into how our f… read more

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23. USA 94: The World Cup that Changed the Game

By: Matthew Evans

3.92

Format: None pages, None

A group of volunteers begged, borrowed and remortgaged a house on their way to convincing FIFA to h… read more

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Cover of The Working Hands of a Goddess: The Tactics, Culture and Community Behind Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta BC by Tom Underhill

24. The Working Hands of a Goddess: The Tactics, Culture and Community Behind Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta BC

By: Tom Underhill

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Working Hands of a Goddess is the story of how Atalanta BC rose from the lower reaches of Serie… read more

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Cover of The Social One: Why Jurgen Klopp was a Perfect Fit for Liverpool by Marios Mantzos

25. The Social One: Why Jurgen Klopp was a Perfect Fit for Liverpool

By: Marios Mantzos

4.56

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Social One sets out why Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool Football Club are a match made in heaven. In… read more

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Cover of When Asia Welcomed The World: The 2002 World Cup Revisited by Danny Lewis

26. When Asia Welcomed The World: The 2002 World Cup Revisited

By: Danny Lewis

3.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When Asia Welcomed the World tells the story of the 2002 World Cup, a tournament that will be remem… read more

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16 must-read sports books like The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies by Ryan Baldi

Transform Your Habits

Open

J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.57

Transform Your Habits

The Second Half

Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough

Duncan Hamilton

4.23

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15 must-read nonfiction books like Always Believe: The Autobiography of Olivier Giroud by Olivier Giroud

Transform Your Habits

The Second Half

Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Always Managing: My Autobiography

Harry Redknapp

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Arsene Wenger: The Inside Story of Arsenal Under Wenger

John Cross

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Stillness and Speed: My Story

David Winner , Dennis Bergkamp

3.65

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