News and reviews of Rock n Roll Soccer



ROCK N ROLL SOCCER: The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League, by Ian Plenderleith. This is the blog to back the book hailed as "fantastic" by Danny Kelly on
Talksport Radio, and described as a "vividly entertaining history of the league" in the Independent on Sunday. In the US, Booklist described it as "a gift to US soccer fans". The UK paperback edition published by Icon Books is now available here for just £8.99, while the North America edition published by St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books can be found here for $11.98. Thank you.

Monday, February 19, 2018

Good Seats Still Available - RnRS on the Podcast For Extinct Leagues

Good Seats Still Available is a podcast created by Tim Hanlon focusing on the history of defunct US sports leagues. In the latest episode, he interviews me about the North American Soccer League

I talk about why I'm fascinated by the NASL, what motivated me to write Rock n Roll Soccer, and some of the people, rules and stories that made it a lost but pioneering league.


Kicks from Minnesota, Roughnecks from Tulsa. What more do you need?