The People's Game: How to Save Football: THE AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER

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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.

Every decision has a consequence. You will need to balance the interests of the party, the future of the country, and the very livelihood of your citizens.I’ve mentioned how, if given a sufficient budget, CGI can smooth over the generic fault lines in matchplay recreations. In the future? Sky Sports television recently featured coverage of the FIFA Interactive World Cup. I conclude my book with speculation on how gaming will influence the future not just of the football film, but the game itself: the Premiership has certainly lost a whole generation of paying fans (the average attendance is now aged 40+), and clubs, mindful of future fan creation, are currently signing up ‘e-players’ so they can reach out and ‘sell their brand’ to teenagers. The new Tottenham stadium also includes plans to host major e-sports events. A feature film featuring a football video games player would be a shrewd next move. Gary Neville usually talks a lot of sense, and writes it too . . . Neville’s words are timely.’Henry Winter, The Times A passionate and personal account of how football has lost its soul by former player and leading pundit, Gary Neville. In this interview, we speak to Stephen Glynn about his book, The British Football Film , ‘a genre study optimistically undertaken by a Janus-faced creature, a film historian and a fan of football’ (15). Glynn discusses the history and conventions of the British football film, touches on its representations of class, gender, race and sexuality and reflects on its possible future in an increasingly digital world. Q: Your book discusses the ‘British football film’ – but many living in the nations of the UK would baulk at this description. How do you attend to the distinctiveness of the different national teams within the UK?

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Q: Your book offers an in-depth history and analysis of the British football film – could you discuss some examples that give particular insight into its development and conventions? Some stuff conductsMany things conduct electricty, some do it better than others. Humans are very good at it too. When certain items are charged, they become a lot more powerful.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. 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. Every district in Iron-1 needs your help, but with a limited budget, you cannot help everyone. Strategically distribute resources to the people to earn their trust and increase your influence over them. There is no chance to please everyone, so you will inevitably have to take sides. Neville at his authentic best. [He] is the closest thing to a spokesman there is for English football.’ Sunday Times Neville at his authentic best. [He] is the closest thing to a spokesman there is for English football.' Sunday Times

Q: You make it clear that representations of football have been shaped through a number of different screens – from cinema to television to digital. Does the latter (including computer games) pose a particular challenge to the future of the football film? Some stuff explodesThere's different explosives that vary in destructive power as well as the manner in which they release their energy. Gary Neville usually talks a lot of sense, and writes it too . . . Neville's words are timely.' Henry Winter, The Times

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