I've not read the Clough one but The Names Heard Long Ago (about Hungarian football), The Outsider, and Inverting the Pyramid are all worth a read.
Angels with Dirty Faces is a hell of a slog mind. There's just so much depth to it, I'm taking it a bit at a time. Inverting The Pyramid is absolutely brilliant but Behind the Curtain is my favourite of his. I just love those stories of Eastern European football and its former glories.
That inspired a couple of trips that I've taken. He mentions eating salted sunflower seeds at a game somewhere- I went and did just that in an almost deserted Vasil Levski Stadium, watching Slavia Sofia. You're right about Angels! Very interesting but heavy going in places.
I fancy The Names Heard Long Ago but I'm currently chipping away at The Ball is Round by David Goldblatt. Best part of 1000 pages so I'll not be buying anything new yet! Aye its got ridiculous depth to it, Wilson has fantastic knowledge and clearly meticulously researches when writing a new book. I loved ho it captured the chaotic nature of the Argentine league system.
I keep meaning to read that but it goes into some depth on subjects I'd quite like to write a book about so I've avoided it out of jealousy!
I'm only up to the formation of the football league, so just the 950 pages or so to go! In fairness I'm a fair weather reader. As soon as I can be sat outside on a nice warm afternoon with a cuppa (or a couple of cold bottles if I'm off work!) and read for a couple of hours the better. As far as football literature goes though I'm a big fan. Calcio by John Foot is another thats definitely worth a read.
Me too! I've read Calcio. One of my favourites that. There's a similar one about German football called Tor, which is really good too.
I'm just the same, when the sun sets on the last day of summer whatever I'm reading goes on the shelf to be picked up again in 9 months time.
