If ever anyone needed to see the importance of sport! Not only from an individual, self-improvement perspective (ie of physical health, technical proficiency), but also as a social tool: to bring community closer together, as an outlet from the stresses of life. Perhaps not much different from a visit to a theatre, or mall, or watering hole. The People's Game is [Gary's] call to mend football, harmed by the greed and selfishness of bigger clubs and associations. ' Radio Times

The beautiful game is under threat. The greed and selfishness of the biggest clubs is harming the game—leaving other clubs struggling for financial survival and supporters behind. Gary Neville has had a front-row seat in football for over 30 years, witnessing the sport at every level—as a player, a coach, a pundit and an owner. Most of all, he's a fan.Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (BStU) Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-20 21:06:58 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40333921 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Football is the people's game. A sport accessible to everyone and enjoyed by millions around the world. urn:lcp:peoplesgamehisto0000walv:epub:d10f42bf-3647-4797-b7b1-5d40786374e5 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier peoplesgamehisto0000walv Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2wvqc465s8 Invoice 1652 Isbn 1840183225 Gary Neville usually talks a lot of sense, and writes it too . . . Neville's words are timely.' Henry Winter, The Times DR 5 (Staatliches Komitee für Körperkultur und Sport bzw. Staatssekretariat für Körperkultur und Sport)

I find that the book has an overarching theme of the sociology of sport, and how sport (and the investment in sport) can help to uplift society, both in terms of jobs creation and also in terms of infrastructure (like how Manchester City’s owners have improved parts of Manchester, thereby also improving the social situation in some aspects such as having people gainfully employed and not engaging in illicit activity such as drug abuse in previously-afflicted parts of the City). Summary: As a keen football fan outside the United Kingdom and Europe, Gary Neville’s book has served as an easy gateway to understanding The Game beyond the pitch alone. As I've grown older following the Premier League, the issues surrounding the game have appeared more significant and this discussion raised many pertinent questions and answers. Gary Neville has never been shy to air his views as a pundit on Sky Sports or the Overlap, so this book and his view on the state of the English Game comes as no surprise. The beautiful game is under threat. The greed and selfishness of the biggest clubs is harming the sport, with smaller clubs struggling for financial survival and supporters being left behind. The big downside of the book is that it doesn't look as if it has been proof read or edited. Lots of typos, grammatical errors, incomplete sentences. There is also a lot of repetition: it is as though each chapter has been written in isolation so the same context setting is repeated.