Brilliant books about the beautiful game

After a three-month coronavirus-enforced haitus, the Premier League is picking up where it left off, which means your Saturday afternoons can once again be covered in glory or ruined by disappointment, depending on your allegiances. Whatever team you support, good football writing is like good football itself: a thrill to behold.

So to get you back in the Super-Sunday spirit, ahead of the Carragher-Neville bust-ups and the inevitable weekly debate about VAR, we’ve rounded up some of the very best.