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Football Book Club

Football Book Club

By: The Football Book Club
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Like your books less Dickens, more Dickov? Football Book Club gets stuck into the true classics of the literary world - footballers’ autobiographies. As recommended by BBC Five Live, The Athletic, The Sunday Times and named one of Esquire's best comedy podcasts around right now. Described as “pretty funny” by Darren Huckerby.

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Episodes
  • Football Book Club: The Penultimate Chapter - The Best, The Worst & The Borderline Slanderous
    May 25 2026

    It's almost time for our last ever episode! So naturally we're getting all sentimental and looking back over seven years of big laughs and literary lows, as we go back to the beginning to choose our favourite moments from six series and almost a hundred, breakdown-inducing books.


    Featuring Neil Redfearn on vampires, Gary Lineker's elderly writing team, Louis Saha getting confused for a Boeing 747, and Jamie Vardy versus an undead goose.


    Plus unheard stories, the time Jack and James were grilled by Colin Murray on 5Live, Paddy Kenny relives traumatic memories of Neil Warnock and his piles cream, and we play another game of 'Who said it - Bruno Mars or Garry Monk'?


    Want an exclusive, bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub


    Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/


    X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub


    Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 'My Premier League Diary': A Year in the Life of Ashley Williams
    May 11 2026

    It's time to experience something every single one of us has always wanted to - live a year in the life of Ashley Williams. Thanks to the former Wales and Swansea captain's 2012 book 'My Premier League Diary'.


    Featuring Ashley and Swansea's attempts to survive their debut season in the premier league, his hatred of Andrey Arshavin, the time Nathan Dyer wore some funny headphones, and what he did on World Kidney Day 2012. PLUS plenty of Garry Monk.


    But do they manage to hit the magic 40 point barrier? Find out now!


    Want an exclusive, bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub


    Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/


    X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub


    Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 'Thinking Outside The Box' with Brad Friedel
    Apr 27 2026

    This week we're thinking OUTSIDE the box, with goalkeeping God and, apparently, part-time life coach Brad Friedel! Thanks to a book we've never read the likes of before - his incredibly LinkedIn coded, 2009 autobiography 'Thinking Outside The Box'.


    Featuring endless motivational quotes, Brad's uneasy rivalry with David James, why no one should trust Craig Bellamy, and how Brad has basically rewritten Crime and Punishment. Plus, which ex-Villa keeper uses the most insufferable business cliches, Friedel or Guzan?


    Listen now and thank us when you're a CEO.


    Want an exclusive, bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub


    Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/


    X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub


    Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social


    Motivational music by AudioCoffee: https://www.audiocoffee.net/

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    1 hr and 9 mins
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