Books

Reading matter for footie fans

Soccer as Religion

J.Burns, Barça (Bloomsbury, £7.99)

This is an epic book. It's not just a tome about football, FC Barcelona and the Nou Camp. No. It is, rather, a book about something deeper: about worship, religion, the power of sport and the incredibly powerful regional, Catalan identity of FC Barcelona. As one reviewer says on the cover of the book: 'Brilliant and unmissable'.

Peter Davies