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The media and football: a match of mutual benefit
Kadeem Simmonds reviews From the Back Page to the Front Room by Roger Domeneghetti (Ockley Books, £9.99)

The media needs football just as much as football needs the media — that’s the main theme of Roger Domeneghetti’s book.

From the Back Page to the Front Room brilliantly details the relationship between the beautiful game and the press, something which is often taken for granted.

The moment a game ends reports are uploaded online, with millions reading about a match they’ve just finished watching. But there was a time when Britain’s media didn’t care about the sport and it only received a few lines in newspapers, something which would be unthinkable today.

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