An excellent recap, with wonderful access and forensic detail on the Premier League's rise to global alpha status... All told with an arch sense of humour The GuardianHow did English football - once known for its stale pies, bad book-keeping and hooligans - become a commercial powerhouse and the world's premium popular entertainment?This was a business empire built in only twenty-five years on ambition, experimentation and gambler's luck. Lead by a...

Essential World Cup Reading | Featured in The New York Times’ ‘What to Read During the World Cup’Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time—Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-billion-dollar industry, paralleling the stunning...

** Shortlisted for Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Writing Award, 2025 **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**ONE OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024'HANDS DOWN THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT F1.' -Sam Walker, author of The Captain Class**'MODERN F1 IS THE SPORTS STORY OF THIS ERA AND NO ONE COULD TELL IT BETTER' -Kevin Clark, ESPN'THE FASTEST READ YOU WILL EVER P...

The Club is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, "a narrative that is part Great Expectations, part Game of Thrones, in equal measure." (Roger Bennett, NBC Sports, Men in Blazers)This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient institution into a twenty-first-century entertainment empire. No one knew it when ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A Sports Illustrated Best Book of the Year | An NPR Best BookUPDATED EDITION INCLUDES THE STUNNING RISE OF McLARENIn The Formula, Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting motor racing saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America. Taking you inside the paddock, The Formula details the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous set...

Zwei Könige des Fußballs und ihr Kampf um die KroneLionel Messi und Christiano Ronaldo: Sie sind lebende Legenden. Seit bald zwei Dekaden dominieren und prägen sie die Fußballwelt. In ihrer Liga spielt niemand sonst. Und so stehen sich die beiden seit 15 Jahren in einem furiosen Zweikampf um Tore und Titel gegenüber, der beide zu immer neuen Höchstleistungen anspornt. Das Duell dieser Ausnahmetalente zu verstehen bedeutet, den modernen Fußball zu verstehen. Jonatha...

Die Formel 1 ist die sich am schnellsten weiterentwickelnde Sportart weltweit und die Geschichte ihres atemberaubenden Aufstiegs ist eine packende Erzählung, die in vorangegangenen F1-Büchern nur teilweise zur Sprache kam. In diesem Werk - dem ersten umfassenden Bericht darüber, wie die Formel 1 zu ihrer globalen Fangemeinde fand - nehmen uns die Wall Street Journal-Reporter Joshua Robinson und Jonathan Clegg mit auf eine Reise durch eine Welt, die von glamourösen Locations, genialen Ingen...

L’avvincente e controversa saga della Formula 1 raccontata senza filtri da due giornalisti del «Wall Street Journal». Descrivendo nei dettagli, dall’interno del paddock, lo spirito eclettico e spregiudicato di una lunga schiera di costruttori senza scrupoli, di geni dell’ingegneria e piloti impavidi, Robinson e Clegg narrano le storie sempre elettrizzanti, spesso feroci, a volte tragiche di uno sport arrivato a farsi impero dopo aver rischiato più volte di precipitare nell’abisso. Un mondo...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A Sports Illustrated Best Book of the Year | An NPR Best Book UPDATED EDITION INCLUDES THE STUNNING RISE OF McLAREN In The Formula, Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting motor racing saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America. Taking you inside the paddock, The Formula details the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, gearhea...

The never-before-told inside story of how the Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular entertainment business on the planet.How did English football - once known for its stale pies, bad book-keeping and hooligans - become a commercial powerhouse and the world's premium popular entertainment?This was a business empire built in only twenty-five years on ambition, experimentation and gambler's luck. Lead by a motley cast of executives,...

Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time—Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-billion-dollar industry, paralleling the stunning rise, overwhelming excesses, and uncertain future of modern international soccer.For over fifteen years, almost a...

** Shortlisted for Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Writing Award, 2025 **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024'HANDS DOWN THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT F1.' -Sam Walker, author of The Captain Class'MODERN F1 IS THE SPORTS STORY OF THIS ERA AND NO ONE COULD TELL IT BETTER' -Kevin Clark, ESPN'TH...