Reviews of Si's book 'The FC Nantes Experiment'

Here are some reviews of thefuckallthatpress' first publication, The FC Nantes Experiment by Simon Rance some are blatantly by very good friends...

This is REAL football. Not to be missed!, February 13, 2006
Reviewer: A reader from South London Heard about this book through Sport Pages and awaited it with bated breath: I was not disappointed. Simon Rance has taken his frustration with the big business of the English Premiership by the scruff of the neck and stripped away all its excesses to reveal the beating heart of football beneath. Cleverly, he chooses to follow a foreign club, instead of the run-of-the-mill grass roots option. And so this 'roast beef out of water' buys a season ticket to a French club, and not knowing a word of the language, travels to every home game to answer the question: 'Is it possible to become a fully-fledged fan in just a single season?'. Will Simon return broken and bankrupt or will the experiment restore his life-affirming love of the game? Recorded here are all the wild adventures along the way, from bar room brawls to nail-biting penalty shoot-outs. Fast-paced, funny and inspiring this unusual reportage also doubles as a streetwise guide to the city of Nantes itself. If you care about the future of football and your place in it, this book is a MUST. And just like our savvy narrator Simon Rance: it's a genuine one-off.

The best book about French Football I have ever read, February 10, 2006
Reviewer: M W J RICHES from London As a committed football fan I am always keen to read about the "beautiful game", an dkeen to gain alternative perspectives from other countries. What Mr Rance has done is take on the burden of travelling to another country and given us an isight into how the other half lives.
His perspective was invaluable and invigorating...Allez Nantes indeed...as a travel guide it also works beautifully for a beautiful part of France.


Football finds it's Hunter S Thompson, February 10, 2006
Reviewer: A reader Laugh out loud voyage of discovery as one man scrabbles to find an alternative to rip-off british football. Simon Rance manages to beautifully blend a hilarious travelogue of his experiences with great sports writing. His passion on the subject and his ability to lay himself bare bleeds off every page.