Champagne Football : John Delaney and the Betrayal of Irish Football: The Inside Story
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0241990068
ISBN-13
9780241990063
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 30th, 2021
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
238 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.60 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
IrelandSocial and ethical issuesCorruption in societyPublic financePublic finance and taxationBusiness ethics & social responsibilityBusiness ethics and social responsibilitySports governing bodiesSports management and facilitiesAssociation football (Soccer)Sports governing bodiesSports management & facilitiesFootball (Soccer, Association football)
Ksh 2,000.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 14 days
3 copies in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 14 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
THE NO.1 BESTSELLER!
''I read it in one sitting, it''s a superb book'' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand
''A jaw-dropping tale of power and ego going unchecked'' Times, Best Sports Books of the Year 2020
Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own personal fiefdom. He had his critics, but his power was never seriously challenged until last year, when Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan published a sequence of stories in the Sunday Times containing damaging revelations about his personal compensation and the parlous financial situation of the FAI. Delaney''s reputation as a great financial manager was left in tatters. He resigned under pressure, and the FAI was left hoping for a massive bail-out from the Irish taxpayer.
In Champagne Football, Tighe and Rowan dig deep into the story of Delaney''s career and of the FAI''s slide into ruin. They show how he surrounded himself with people whose personal loyalty he could count on, and a board that failed to notice that the association''s finances were shot. They detail Delaney''s skilful cultivation of opinion-formers outside the FAI. And they document the culture of excess that Delaney presided over and benefited from, to the detriment of the organization he led.
Champagne Football is a gripping, sometimes darkly hilarious and often enraging piece of reporting by the award-winning journalists who finally pulled back the curtain on the FAI''s mismanagement.
WINNER OF THE AN POST IBA SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
_____________
''Excellent'' Irish Sun
''A jaw-dropping story ... brilliant'' Irish Times
''Essential reading'' Irish Daily Star
''Astonishing ... Side-splittingly hilarious'' Guardian
''A damming account'' Sunday Independent
''An instant classic, one of the all-time great Irish sports books'' Alan English
''Excellent ... includes staggering detail'' Daily Mail
''A cracking read ... [An] incredible amount of jaw-dropping detail'' Matt Cooper
''The most important Irish sports book of the year'' Irish Daily Mail
''A masterpiece'' Tommy Martin
''An absolutely extraordinary book'' Eoin McDevitt, Second Captains
''Remarkable. The desperate story of Irish football but also a book about how Ireland works. Outstanding'' Dion Fanning
''I read it in one sitting, it''s a superb book'' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand
''A jaw-dropping tale of power and ego going unchecked'' Times, Best Sports Books of the Year 2020
Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own personal fiefdom. He had his critics, but his power was never seriously challenged until last year, when Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan published a sequence of stories in the Sunday Times containing damaging revelations about his personal compensation and the parlous financial situation of the FAI. Delaney''s reputation as a great financial manager was left in tatters. He resigned under pressure, and the FAI was left hoping for a massive bail-out from the Irish taxpayer.
In Champagne Football, Tighe and Rowan dig deep into the story of Delaney''s career and of the FAI''s slide into ruin. They show how he surrounded himself with people whose personal loyalty he could count on, and a board that failed to notice that the association''s finances were shot. They detail Delaney''s skilful cultivation of opinion-formers outside the FAI. And they document the culture of excess that Delaney presided over and benefited from, to the detriment of the organization he led.
Champagne Football is a gripping, sometimes darkly hilarious and often enraging piece of reporting by the award-winning journalists who finally pulled back the curtain on the FAI''s mismanagement.
WINNER OF THE AN POST IBA SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
_____________
''Excellent'' Irish Sun
''A jaw-dropping story ... brilliant'' Irish Times
''Essential reading'' Irish Daily Star
''Astonishing ... Side-splittingly hilarious'' Guardian
''A damming account'' Sunday Independent
''An instant classic, one of the all-time great Irish sports books'' Alan English
''Excellent ... includes staggering detail'' Daily Mail
''A cracking read ... [An] incredible amount of jaw-dropping detail'' Matt Cooper
''The most important Irish sports book of the year'' Irish Daily Mail
''A masterpiece'' Tommy Martin
''An absolutely extraordinary book'' Eoin McDevitt, Second Captains
''Remarkable. The desperate story of Irish football but also a book about how Ireland works. Outstanding'' Dion Fanning
Get Champagne Football by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Penguin Books Ltd and it has pages.
