After almost a quarter-century as the BBC's Chief Football Correspondent, Mike Ingham MBE shares a candid, comprehensive and sometimes controversial account of how the world of broadcasting and football changed beyond recognition throughout his career.

His broadcasting experiences saw him attend eight World Cups, commentate on twenty-eight F.A. Cup Finals, work with ten full-time England managers, introduce Sports Report, present his own music show on BBC Radio 1, and he even covered Princess Diana's funeral. He has enjoyed working with a who's who of personalities from the world of football and has tales to tell about all of them...

This book is a timely reminder of England's campaigns in tournaments over the last half-century with a detailed and eyewitness account of what the atmosphere was really like over the years behind the scenes in the England camp.

Radio commentary is perhaps the most difficult of all the media some are too intrusive, some too opinionated and some too irrelevant with their views; Mike is none of those things. He has a warmth and quiet authority in his commentary painting an accurate picture of the game and allowing his audience to enjoy it. Sir Alex Ferguson

Mike loves football to be played the right way. I know his ambition was always to commentate on England in a World Cup Final. We nearly made it in 1990. When England goes out, it kills him. He is great company and has a million and one stories. Terry Butcher