Author(s): Paul McCarthy

Sport

The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world, broadcast into 188 countries and watched by 3.2 billion people worldwide. Fever Pitch is a fascinating history of the Premier League, with exclusive material from all the big names involved in its formation. From David Beckham to Eric Cantona and Peter Schmeichel to Gary Neville and everyone in between, this book is full of exclusive interviews that give fascinating insight into the biggest sports league in the world from the people who made it happen. The Premier League revolutionised football. Its formation transformed the beautiful game into a multi-billion pound business and made its biggest stars millionaires. Fever Pitch tells the inside story of the formation of the league, from the early discussions with Rupert Murdoch about how Sky could be at the heart of this new league, to the bitter rivalries and radical new managers who changed the face of football forever. With exclusive interviews and insight from football's biggest names, this is the inside track on the Premier League as you've never heard it before.