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THE NO.1 BESTSELLER!br>br>''I read it in one sitting, it''s a superb book'' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand br>br>''An astonishing expose'' Martin Ziegler, The Timesbr>br>Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own personal fiefdom. He had his critics, but his power was never seriously challenged until last year, when Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan published a sequence of stories in the Sunday Times containing damaging revelations about his personal compensation and the parlous financial situation of the FAI. Delaney''s reputation as a great financial manager was left in tatters. He resigned under pressure, and the FAI was left hoping for a massive bail-out from the Irish taxpayer.br>br>In Champagne Football, Tighe and Rowan dig deep into the story of Delaney''s career and of the FAI''s slide into ruin. They show how he surrounded himself with people whose personal loyalty he could count on, and a board that failed to notice that the association''s finances were shot. They detail Delaney''s skilful cultivation of opinion-formers outside the FAI. And they document the culture of excess that Delaney presided over and benefited from, to the detriment of the organization he led.br>br>Champagne Football is a gripping, sometimes darkly hilarious and often enraging piece of reporting by the award-winning journalists who finally pulled back the curtain on the FAI''s mismanagement.br>br>____________br>br>''Excellent'' Irish Sunbr>br>''A jaw-dropping story ... brilliant'' Irish Timesbr>br>''Essential reading'' Irish Daily Starbr>br>''Astonishing ... Side-splittingly hilarious'' Guardianbr>br>''A damning account'' Sunday Independentbr>br>''An instant classic, one of the all-time great Irish sports books'' Alan Englishbr>br>''Excellent ... includes staggering detail'' Daily Mailbr>br>''A cracking read ... [An] incredible amount of jaw-dropping detail'' Matt Cooper br>br>''One of the most hotly-anticipated sport books of the year'' Brendan O''Connor br>br>''A masterpiece'' Tommy Martinbr>br>''At last, the truth of his ruinous reign has been rigorously and painstakingly exposed'' Irish Daily Mail br>''An absolutely extraordinary book'' Eoin McDevitt, Second Captains br>br>''Remarkable. The desperate story of Irish football but also a book about how Ireland works. Outstanding'' Dion Fanning>...
