Simon Akam: 2 books
The Club
Living the Dream at the bottom of English Football
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
English Football has over 92 fully professional clubs. Players in the Premier League teams now earn an average salary of £2.3 million per annum. Meanwhile, on the bottom rung, entire squads make less in a year than Wayne Rooney takes home in a month. An army of young players sacrifice their education...
Scotsman Englishman
Two friends. One thorny argument
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
In the summer of 2014 Scotland stood on the brink of an historic independence referendum and a vote that could have brought an end to the union between England and Scotland that had lasted since 1707. As the debate intensified, two experienced Newsweek correspondents – one Scottish, one English...