Ben Robinson is an investigative journalist at the BBC where he's a producer on the Radio 4 documentary series File on 4. He has also been series producer for numerous podcasts including Gangster: The Story of Viv Graham, Sport's Strangest Crimes: The Trillion Dollar Conman and Brixton: Flames on the Frontline. He was previously a reporter at the Sunday Post and Lancashire Post.
This scrupulously researched and sharply written book reads like mash-up of Ted Lasso and Billion Dollar Whale. Journalist Ben Robinson tells the wild story of how his beloved local football club was dazzled, dominated and ultimately defrauded by a cast of shady characters, stretching from the sandy shores of Jersey to the concrete dystopia of North Korea. Generally, I have zero interest in football, but this book had me gasping and - finally - cheering from the sidelines. * Geoff White, investigative journalist and author of The Lazarus Heist *