''The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football'' is a book by

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, first published in 2014. It looks at the development of

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in England from the 1990s onwards, and at how the footballing culture reflected changes in wider

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. The book was named the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

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