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Welcome to the Nessun Dorma Book Club, a kind of sporting Late Review but without Tony Parsons.
The premise this week is simple: Mike, Gary and Martyn bring a football book that made an impact on their lives and explain why.
From the definitive and myth-shattering history of West German football and the instant window into the past provided by Panini to a delve into the world of sports psychology at a time when Sven-Göran Eriksson was still considered to be a Svengali and not a Scandi Benny Hill, there is something here for everyone.
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Gary, Mac and Mike are back to do battle to try and convince Martyn how well they know the sporting year of 1981. The year of Ian Botham and Steve Davis. Liverpool and Aston Villa. Bob Champion and Ricky Villa. And, of course, Maxi Gnauck.
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