A shocking expose- the inside story behind the fall of the most powerful man in Irish sport
Mark Tighe (Author)
Originally from Donegal, Mark Tighe is the legal correspondent of
The Sunday Times in Ireland. As well as covering legal affairs, he
specialises in investigative reporting. He was Irish newspaper news
reporter of the year in 2018 and 2019. In 2019 he also won the
Journalist of the Year award for his reporting on the FAI.
Paul Rowan (Author)
Born and raised in Dublin, Paul Rowan is the Irish football
correspondent for The Sunday Times, and the author of The Team That
Jack Built. In 2019 he was joint winner of the NewsBrands
Campaigning Journalism and Investigative Journalism awards
(alongside Mark Tighe and Colin Coyle) for his work on the FAI.
A jaw-dropping tale of power and ego going unchecked
*Times, Best Sports Books of the Year 2020*
I read it in one sitting, it's a superb book ... I urge people to
buy it and read it even if you're not interested in football
*The Stand*
A cracking read ... [An] incredible amount of jaw-dropping
detail
*Matt Cooper*
The most important Irish sports book of the year and most
significant book on Irish life itself ... Exceptional
*Irish Daily Mail*
A superb piece of investigative journalism, in which a tale of
tawdry venality is told with wit, verve, and just the right amount
of disbelief
*Irish Times, Best Books of 2020*
Excellent
*Irish Sun*
Part thriller, part warning from history, part social diary,
Champagne Football is a forensic and often tragicomic investigation
into the biggest story in Irish sport. It's a fantastic read
*Irish Times, Sports Books of the Year 2020*
Fantastic ... The best book I've ever read about Irish football
*Second Captains*
A damming account ... brilliantly detailed
*Sunday Independent*
Jaw-dropping
*Joe Duffy*
One of the most hotly-anticipated sport books of the year
*Brendan O'Connor*
A jaw-dropping story ... brilliant
*Irish Times*
Essential reading
*Irish Daily Star*
Compelling and often side-splittingly hilarious
*Guardian*
An absolutely extraordinary book
*Second Captains*
Stellar work
*Irish Independent*
An extraordinary story of what happens when proper governance
doesn't exist
*Sunday Times*
An astonishing exposé
*The Times*
An instant classic, one of the all-time great Irish sports books
... Terrific
*via Twitter*
A masterpiece
*via Twitter*
Remarkable. The desperate story of Irish football but also a book
about how Ireland works. Outstanding
*Dion Fanning*
Utterly COMPELLING ... I can't decide if Delaney is a machiavellian
mastermind or a lucky chancer
*via Twitter*
Made my blood boil
*Des Cahill*
Absolutely superb ... Good old fashioned gumboot journalism and a
rollicking good read
*via Twitter*
Fantastic ... A real page-turner
*Game On*
The Irish sports book of the year
*Balls.ie*
Excellent ... includes staggering detail
*Daily Mail*
Astonishing ... It reads like an outrageous work of fiction with a
scarcely believable cast of characters
*Business Post*
Brilliant ... Easily the Irish sports book of the year
*Hot Press*
The most important book ever written about Irish sport ... This is
the must-read of 2020
*RTÉ Culture*
Astonishing ... One of the most important books published in this
country. If you wanted to change Ireland, you would need to read
this book
*The Currency*
A monumental piece of writing and investigation, a work that will
go down as Irish sporting history's Woodward & Bernstein moment
*Irish Examiner*
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