Product Description

Cardiff City have had 12 managers and four high profile chairmen in the last nine years. There has been promises of Premier League football, new players and all-new stadium, but nothing has happened. The club is now nearly £40 million in debt and faces liquidation, even though it has sold some of its best players and raked in millions. Here, Annis Abraham, life-long fan and millionaire businessman, tries to understand how such a big club can go so close to going under and asks questions that need to be answered.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17323 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 275 pages

Customer Reviews

Dreams
For anyone with even a remote interest in Cardiff City football club, Sam Hammam, or even the machinations of club-level football politics in general, this book is compulsory reading.

As a Cardiff City fan it came as no great surprise that the book was interesting. What did surprise me was that it is also entertaining. It is well-structured and well-written. I don't mean well-written in the purist sense - a masterpiece in English literature it certainly ain't. But that's the point - it is a book written by fans in the style of the contributor, which makes it all the more compelling as a story told straight from the heart.

As far as a wider audience is concerned, there may not be enough of interest here to attract those beyond the group mentioned in my introduction (I'll pass it on to one and get back to you!). I suspect it may come across as too parochial.

Also, for those that may have been put off by any perceived 'baggage' surrounding the book (hinted at by the headhunters tag and the ill-chosen cover) I suspect that reading the book may do more to confirm their misgivings than to allay them.

But, taking the book purely for what it is, I would consider this a very worthwhile project which certainly exceeded my expectations.

Joff
I fantastic read about issues that go on within a professional football club in the U.K.

A must for any sports fan, as the contents cover a wide range of topics.

geokillie
great book for anyone whos club has had the same plight as cardiff,from the bitter boardroom who were quite happy to
run down a proud club with tradition, to the white knight who promised so much
the previous review states that its essential for any cardiff fans but to be honest its about every team outside the premiership or in my case kilmarnock fc
anybody who reads this book will nod in agreement to the same problems your own club has went through.