And the Sun Shines Now: How Hillsborough and the Premier League Changed Britain

The most important book about modern football I've ever read.

And the Sun Shines Now, the superb new book by Adrian Tempany, deconstructs the dramatic changes that have taken place in English football in the 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster.

This is a bold, important, honest, gripping, authoritative book that takes us to the dark heart of how Britain works. It's also brilliantly written . . . This book is not just an examination of the state of football but an attempt by Tempany to work out what happened to him and to Britain - and more surprisingly, what we can do about it.

‘Even the widest ranging truth commission wouldn’t call to account all the forces responsible for Hillsborough and what happened to football afterwards. This brave book does that.’

‘It is impossible not to be moved by the personal perspective Tempany brings. Anyone who loves football should read this. It is important, thorough, fiercely argued, meticulously researched and speaks much truth to power.’

'If you love football, if you like it, or have ever been in a pub while an England game was on, read this book. It’s history... Not the version of history written by the winners, the authorities or the rich who love the financial potential of the football industry and have somehow confused that with a love of the game. This is history as it should be written. '