'If you watched football in the 1980s, you'll want to read it. If you started watching the game post-Hillsborough, you MUST read it' - Steve Wilson, Match of the Day commentator

Piss-flooded terraces and asbestos-roofed covered ends. up the country, down the country, week in, week out. no fucking excuses...

'This painfully compelling tale...is like a relentless drumbeat inside your head; a silent scream demanding to be heard' – Times Higher Education Supplement

'In spare, atmospheric prose, Rhodes alternates between past and present, between home and away, exploring the neglect that led to the tragedy, the massive cultural changes that followed, and the lure of soccer, crowds, and violence for aimless young men... An affecting novel, one that is as dark and haunting as its subject' - Booklist

'At times stylistically reminiscent of David Peace’s The Damned United — also concerning Nottingham Forest and its manager Brian Clough — which is no bad thing, it’s no wonder Rhodes’ depiction of disaster and ensuing PTSD has the ring of authenticity: he was at Hillsborough that fateful day' - Daily Mail

'A cracking and compulsive read which drives you relentlessly on - football, the 80s, relationships and growing up - it's all in there…' - Football Book Review