Chuck Culpepper was a veteran sports journalist edging toward burnout .
. . then he went to London and discovered the high-octane, fanatical
(and bloody confusing!) world of English soccer.
After covering the American sports scene for fifteen years, Chuck
Culpepper suffered from a profound case of Common Sportswriter Malaise.
He was fed up with self-righteous proclamations, steroid scandals, and
the deluge of in-your-face PR that saturated the NFL, the NBA, and MLB.
Then in 2006, he moved to London and discovered a new and baffling
world--the renowned Premiership soccer league. Culpepper pledged his
loyalty to Portsmouth, a gutsy, small-market team at the bottom of the
standings. As he puts it, "It was like childhood, with beer."
Writing in the vein of perennial bestsellers such as Fever Pitch and
Among the Thugs, Chuck Culpepper brings penetrating insight to the
vibrant landscape of English soccer--visiting such storied franchises as
Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool . . . and an equally
celebrated assortment of pubs. Bloody Confused! will put a smile on
the face of any sports fan who has ever questioned what makes us love
sports in the first place.