KPC Exall
This is the second edition of "Who Killed English Football? : An Analysis of the State of English Football". The original book was prompted by the inexorable decline of English Football performance at European and World Cup events.
At the time of publishing this second edition, the worrying trends are confirmed : the rivalry between club, league and national teams, the surfeit of money, "embedded" media, the foreign player invasion continue to be significant contributors to the slow death of the "beautiful game". The governing bodies of football are timidly attempting to curb certain of these bad habits by proposing quotas for home-grown players in club squads and targets for the England team.
However, this is the equivalent of administering homeopathic remedies for a terminal illness.
This is the second book by KPC Exall on the state of English Football.
Born in Norwich, KPC Exall first discovered the thrill of football as a child and has been a supporter of his City's Football Club ever since, come rain or shine.
Being a keen sport follower is not all : a mathematician by training, as well as a chess enthusiast, KPC Exall is putting his analytical skills to good use, so a maximum number of readers, whether neophyte or veteran football supporters, can form their own views on the state of English Football.
As a nation, the English are football mad. Football remains our national winter game. The public is avidly hoping for success in the top tournaments, but has to satisfy itself with only modest successes : as a result, beating the minnows or less experienced teams (Andorra being a case in point) gets massive coverage.
Whilst interest in the sport remains strong, English Football is slowly dying. The following chapters examine the causes of such agony.
Our clubs have employed an ever increasing number of overseas players and continue to do so. This has had a devastating impact on home-grown players creating an "endangered species" in the process. Progressively foreign imports have now frozen English players, whether budding or experienced, out of the English club teams.
