<p>This week we're entering the mad, mad world of larger-than-life football league legend, Barry Fry. As we read his classic 2000 autobiography 'Big Fry' with Jack Rivlin &amp; Zachary Sweeney-Lynch of the brilliant The Upshot podcast.</p><br><p>Featuring Barry's many run-ins with extremely dodgy chairmen, lifting a curse on St Andrew's with his own urine, signing George Best for Dunstable, identifying a headless corpse, ruining Karren Brady's life at Birmingham City, a surprising amount of Matthew Etherington, and much, much more.</p><br><p>Want to hear a bonus Book Club episode every week? <strong>Join the Football Book Club *Club* </strong>at <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/62ff550969bcc40012f63ade/episodes/www.patreon.com/footballbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/footballbookclub</a></p><br><p><strong>Follow us on Instagram - </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/</a></p><br><p><strong>X - </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub</a></p><br><p><strong>Bluesky - </strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Football Book Club

The Football Book Club

Barry Fry's 'Big Fry' (ft. The Upshot)

NOV 24, 202566 MIN
Football Book Club

Barry Fry's 'Big Fry' (ft. The Upshot)

NOV 24, 202566 MIN

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<p>This week we're entering the mad, mad world of larger-than-life football league legend, Barry Fry. As we read his classic 2000 autobiography 'Big Fry' with Jack Rivlin &amp; Zachary Sweeney-Lynch of the brilliant The Upshot podcast.</p><br><p>Featuring Barry's many run-ins with extremely dodgy chairmen, lifting a curse on St Andrew's with his own urine, signing George Best for Dunstable, identifying a headless corpse, ruining Karren Brady's life at Birmingham City, a surprising amount of Matthew Etherington, and much, much more.</p><br><p>Want to hear a bonus Book Club episode every week? <strong>Join the Football Book Club *Club* </strong>at <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/62ff550969bcc40012f63ade/episodes/www.patreon.com/footballbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/footballbookclub</a></p><br><p><strong>Follow us on Instagram - </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/</a></p><br><p><strong>X - </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub</a></p><br><p><strong>Bluesky - </strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>