In Episode 13 we read about the life and times of the chicken licking, Marseilles fan kicking, Patrice Evra.

Born in Senegal, one of 24 children (not a typo), and raised in the meanest streets of Paris, Evra won five Premier Leagues with Manchester United and two Scudettos with Juventus. He also has the less enviable accolade of being the player who has lost the most ever Champions League finals taking (but not taking home) four losers medals to go with the one winners medal he got for beating Chelsea on that famous night in Moscow in 2008.

Published in 2008, ghost written by Andy Mitten (from Britain), the book is called I Love This Game. Is it an edge of the box belter against Bayern of a book or more like the botched circumcision that the young Patrice once endured. Listen to find out.

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Arsene Who?

In Episode 12, we review our first book by a manager. He may have been a stranger when he arrived in England in 1996 but he is no stranger now. In his 22 years with Arsenal, Wenger went from nobody to managerial royalty, with a turn towards the end as the most hated man in North London, or at least so it seemed at the time.

Is this the sex-filled page turner that Al has been calling for since we launched the good ship Bookmen? Tune in to find out.

Thanks to my friend Samyak for the recommendation.

Who better to follow Diego Maradona than the Aldershot Hotshot Steve Claridge?

Probably most famous for scoring the goal that got Leicester up to the Premier League in 1996, football's fruit and veg man played for 24 (by our count) clubs in a career that spanned four decades. Throughout that period, he traveled around in battered cars as he commuted from his parents house in Portsmouth to clubs all over the south and southeast, earning himself a reputation for tardiness and for having the filthiest boots in football.

Written in 1997, Tales from the Boot Camps is the first of Claridge's books and covers the years right up to that promotion winning belter at Wembley in 1996.