Miguel Delaney

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

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4.8 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Miguel Delaney is no stranger to writing about sport, or indeed football, as he is the Chief Football Writer for The Independent. In his new book, States Of Play, he looks at the incredibly interesting (and controversial) topic of Sportswashing. Simon and Matt find out more what this means, how it is affecting sport (especially football) and what Miguel has found out from his many years of researching and investigating. If you're not a football fan, this may not seem like a book for you, but the subject is fascinating and wide ranging... More on the book here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry. Hello mate. Got any tips for the football?
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0:11.7	Four, that's a steel of a deal. It's a good darn deal that'll make your squirrel for real.
0:16.4	Neil? My name's not Neil. I know, but it rhymed.
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0:23.4	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or greater no, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply at gamblerware.org. Well, very happy new year to everybody.
0:45.0	Thank you very much indeed for coming back and downloading another episode from your friends at Books of the Year.
0:49.8	The podcast.
0:50.8	An email here from Drew, Simon and Matt, I'm thinking ahead to the new year.
0:54.6	I want to set myself a reading challenge. I love books, but I'm terrible at finding time to read. I used to get
0:59.9	through a book or maybe to a month, but in 2024, I managed just five novels. Any tips on how I can
1:05.8	make myself read more in 2025? I was thinking of starting with one book a month and perhaps rewarding myself with a nice
1:12.7	bottle of something at the end of each book.
1:14.3	That's a great idea.
1:15.2	Yeah.
1:16.2	I'm not sure that we've got any tips for reading fast?
1:20.6	I think, well, I...
1:21.9	Audio books.
1:22.6	Yes, audiobooks would be the route I'd go down because you'll find that that's...
1:26.1	You'll consume them far quicker
1:27.6	if you can get through some of the audiobooks. It's a great idea. Email from Tom Fenton,
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