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Unfit and Improper Persons

By: Kevin Day, Kieran Maguire, Guy Kilty
Narrated by: Guy Kilty, Kevin Day, Kieran Maguire
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Bloomsbury presents Unfit and Improper Persons by David Bowles and Guadalupe Garcia McCall, read by Kevin Day, Kieran Maguire and Guy Kilty.

‘A very funny book that tackles some serious football issues.’ Gary Lineker

'Witty and wise.' Clare Balding

‘Brilliant. Blows the lid off football. Hilarious, detailed and insightful.’ Alan Davies

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Ever dreamed of setting up your own football club?

Join the team behind The Price of Football podcast as they start a (fictional) football club and discover what’s really going on behind the scenes of the beautiful game.

Buying a football club will set you back a few quid, but you’ve also got to pass the Premier League and EFL's ‘fit and proper persons test’. That all seems like a bit of a faff to the team behind the award-winning podcast The Price of Football, so acclaimed comedy writer Kevin Day, football finance expert Kieran Maguire and producer Guy Kilty start an imaginary club instead.

In Unfit and Improper Persons they take West Park Rovers on a hilarious journey from the lowest level of the FA pyramid right up to the English Football League, the Premier League and, if fortune favours the fictional, into the heart of Europe.

At least that’s the plan, but inevitably they face a few challenges along the way. Where to find a shirt sponsor? What should the mascot be – is a dog called Rover too obvious? Can they pay the women’s team the same as the men’s team? (Spoiler alert: hardly anyone else does.) And how can they get Messi to the Kleanwell Stadium next season, like they promised the fans?

Roofing over the toilets, paying the electric on the floodlights, salary caps, parachute payments and avoiding bankruptcy, never mind relegation – owning a football club isn’t all about stuffing prawn sarnies and quaffing champagne in the directors’ box.

Unfit and Improper Persons is informed, funny and, thanks to exclusive interviews with those who’ve been there, done that, it lays bare the labyrinthine world of football finance.

©2023 Kevin Day, Kieran Maguire, Guy Kilty (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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A decent and amusing insight into the shady world of football ownership - though done so from a viewpoint of anti “traditional big 6 clubs”. So the very dubious state ownership of Man City is lauded as a good thing, Saudi Arabia owning Newcastle barely gets a mention, the disgraceful debt loading of Man Utd is glossed over completely.

Weirdly blasé about state ownership of football clubs

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Goes deep into what it takes to start a football club
From scratch. An enthusing listen for any avid football fan.

Brilliant listen

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Very good narration by Kevin(Kieran and Guy only appear on the introduction). If you listen to the podcast this is there greatest hits put into bookform about starting a fictional football club. Got to say I expected it to be much funnier and cutting than it was. Basically Keiran's book repurposed. Best listened to in the background IMO.

Entertaining enough.

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didn't think that Kevin could top his "?Who Are Ya?" book and imo he hasn't but has written a funny book . Well done Kevin, Kieron and Guy

funny

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wish it was longer, can't get enough of the boys. listened twice now. West Park Ti I Die

just love the boys lol vecof the beautiful game.

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English football fans can’t truthfully claim they know what they’re talking about unless they’ve read this book.

Brilliant!

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Top stuff from the lads at the price of football, Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish, funny, insightful and well worth a listen

Excellent

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Jimmy Hill thinks the author is a boring see you next Tuesday too. Avoid this audiobook, it sucks.

Worst and most boring book ever

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