Education
He attended Bury Grammar School before studying English Literature & Politics at the University of New York
(Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocati...)
Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012. By placing the club's extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English football's transformation--from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to today's moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called "the people's game." A labor of love, this powerfully told account of Manchester City's fall and rise, based on meticulous research over many years, and exclusive access and interviews with key figures, is written in the gripping, revelatory style Conn has made his trademark.
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(Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocati...)
Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012. By placing the club's extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English football's transformation - from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to today's moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called 'the people's game'. A labour of love, this powerfully told account of Manchester City's fall and rise, based on meticulous research over many years, and exclusive access and interviews with key figures, is written in the gripping, revelatory style Conn has made his trademark.
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He attended Bury Grammar School before studying English Literature & Politics at the University of New York
He writes for The Guardian. He has written three books, (1998), and All three focus on the influence of money on modern day football.
He also ghost-wrote the autobiographies of the 100m hurdles world record holder Colin Jackson and former Manchester United player Lee Sharpe.
Conn has been named sports news reporter of the year three times, in 2004, 2009 and 2013, by the Sports Journalists Association, and has been named Football Writer of the Year by the Football Supporters Federation three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2009. In December 2013 he was named Sports Journalist of the Year in the Press Gazette British Journalism Awards.
The judges said: "He delves beyond the glitzy veneer of modern football to hold the game’s gilded elite to accountant” His 2009 article for the Guardian detailing the bereaved Hillsborough families" continuing campaign for justice prompted the then Labour ministers Andy Burnham and Maria Eagle to press for all official documents relating to the disaster to be released.Hillsborough: How Stories of Disaster Police Were Altered: The Guardian April 13 2009 In 2012 Conn was named among the top 10 most influential sportswriters in Britain by the trade publication, United Kingdom Press Gazette. He is a supporter of Manchester City F.C. In 2011 he presented a British Broadcasting Corporation documentary that looked into the ownership issues of Leeds United.
(Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocati...)
(Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocati...)
