More Than a Game

A superb historical overview of the eternally close and often symbiotic relationship between British sport and British society. Capacious, full of telling detail, unfailingly readable and, perhaps above all, imbued with rock-solid judgment, it deserves to become a classic of sporting literature
Absolutely fascinating and completely eye-opening - every page contains a gem. I loved it
A fascinating insight into how sport is both driven by and a driver of societal change
A sparkling history that makes the reader keep murmuring "I never knew that"
An elegant, richly-textured history
Horspool places sport at the heart of Britain's story . . . A joy . . . More Than a Game observes the grand sweep of British sporting history playing out as a set of eye-opening facts
Thoughtful and entertaining
More Than A Game brilliantly and evocatively details the way we shaped this obsession and how it came to shape us and, indeed, our landscape
Horspool writes briskly and clearly . . . if you like to watch sport while thinking politics, this is the book for you
He has a lovely eye for memorable details . . . The most powerful theme of Horspool's book, though, is his attention to women's sport, so often marginalised in older accounts
Highly original . . . lively, rich and readable . . . the range of Horspool's knowledge is impressive
Fascinating . . . More Than a Game observes the grand sweep of British sporting history playing out as a set of eye-opening facts
Illuminating . . . [Horspool] has a lovely eye for the informative detail
Offers something rich, textured and complex: a thoughtful history of how sport has shaped society and vice versa. You will find delicious nuggets, several "I never knew that" fascinomas, and the overdue correction of long accepted narratives about our sport-obsessed nation