Lovejoy on Football Tim Lovejoy

A Flavour of the Book: “white is a passive colour… and the day we actually won the world cup England was wearing red… With that in mind, I think it’s about time we changed the England kit so that red is the first choice colour of the national team. Then and only then will England be able to begin their ascent back to the summit of world football. And while we’re on the subject, why is there blue in the England kit when our flag is red and white?”

The Authortrek View: This is a brilliantly funny look at modern football. It helps that our guide is Tim Lovejoy, who loves the game, but admits that he can’t remember all the stats or even the best bits from every game he’s seen, so that in many ways, he’s a bit rubbish as a fan, like the great majority of us, who haven’t been to our team’s home games let alone their away ones. I was a bit worried at first that Lovejoy would run out of steam when the book started with a very large font, but thankfully, this only happens for a few pages and is part of the quirky style of the book. The tone of the book is very light and humorous, with Lovejoy only mentioning the death of his football fan brother in passing. The passages on how he reflects upon how football has affected his family life are also quite amusing. I didn’t always find the ‘humour’ on Soccer AM to be all that funny, no matter how influential it turned out to be, but Lovejoy often had me laughing out loud while reading this book. I don’t quite agree with everything that Lovejoy writes, such as his chapter on “Women in Football”, as I think that women’s football should get a better deal – it is the fastest growing women’s sport, after all – but even here Lovejoy talks sense, when he writes that it isn’t always best for a women’s team to be tied to a premiership squad who drop them as soon as they’re relegated. In addition to this, it’s very interesting to learn that the reason why the England shirt now sports a gold star to commemorate our one World Cup win was as a result of a Soccer AM campaign. Tim Lovejoy has always been a very affable presenter, but it’s good to see that he’s not afraid of being controversial, and he comes up with some very convincing arguments. Now I’m going to be asking everyone over Christmas why there’s blue in the England kit – the answer’s not quite so obvious to me as to why the Italian kit is blue and not even Google seems to know – so this will no doubt cause a great deal of debate. No need for charades when Lovejoy’s about! Needless to say, I’ll be buying this brilliant book for at least one football fan in the family.

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