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Mad for it: From Blackpool to Barcelona: Football’s Greatest Rivalries
By Andy Mitten
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Andy Mitten
Andy Mitten started the Manchester United fanzine 'United We Stand' when he was 15, in 1989. He writes for The Independent, FourFourTwo and GQ. His previous books include Paddy Crerand’s autobiography, Never Turn The Other Cheek, The Rough Guide to Manchester United and We're The Famous Man United.
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Reviews for Mad for it
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5An excerpt from a larger book, this looks at the rivalry between English football clubs Manchester United and Liverpool, and while I'm a fan of one of the clubs, I'm not a huge fan of this short work.
It offers up a little background on the history of the rivalry between these two clubs, but does so without a lot of detail, so unless you know about English soccer -- and therefore are probably already aware of the rivalry -- there isn't a lot here to be learned.
The author is a good writer and we do catch a few personal glimpses -- details that enriched my understanding of the rivalry -- but overall, it's not enough here to really make the time worthwhile.