How Not to Run a Football Club: Protests, Boycotts, Court Cases - The Inside Story of Blackpool FC

by Nathan Fogg

How Not To Run A Football Club is the tell-all tale of one of the biggest scandals in British football. On a sweltering day in May 2010, Blackpool achieved the impossible reaching the Premier League. Twenty-four hours later, while everybody else was celebrating, the Oystons were meeting to plan how they would take it. Packed with exclusive interviews with key fans, ex-players and staff plus the Oyston family themselves, this riveting book takes you inside the courtroom and the explosive case that led to the enforced sale of Blackpool City Football Club in a landmark case. How Not to Run a Football Club is the inside story of how one family nearly ran a football club to its death. And how a community brought it back.

250 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2022

Reviews

[James R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting story about just how awful it can be when the wrong people take charge of a football club for the wrong reasons. The Oyston family were in charge of Blackpool for a long period and treated the club and its fans with complete disdain. This book is a fascinating insight into exactly what went on and is interesting to football fans of any club not just Blackpool fans. The quality of the writing is high and despite being written by a Blackpool fan, it is suprisingly even handed and fair despite describing some truly attrocious bevahiour from the people involved in the running of the club. Highly recommended for any football fan.

[Joe Fineman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant, inspirational book. Made me proud to be a Pool fan. Flew through it.

[Nigel Moyse · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome

A page turner. A stirring story for all football fans.
Remembering this from the outside point of view is incredible.