I Am The Secret Footballer: Lifting The Lid On The Beautiful Game, by The Secret Footballer (Faber/Guardian Books, October 2013)
This book will change the way you think about football as played in the English Premier League. We all suspected that most footballers were a bit dodgy, obsessed with money and fame, women, gambling and booze, but hoped that things may have got better as standards rose, and greater fitness was ever more crucial etc etc. But no, this book, written by an anonymous player at the highest level in English football, confirms all of our worst fears. They're all horrible! The book started as a blog on the Guardian website, and has now been expanded into a book. There are numerous websites devoted to trying to work out who the author is, from the clues he gives in his column, and if he is ever exposed, his career will be over as a result of the fearless opinions he expresses here about other players, managers, fans and their appalling behaviour. A great read if you're a football fan, but expect to kind of go off it all a bit.