Unsurpassed book on football ... Søren Frank's book on Manchester United is the book on football that demanding fans of the sport have always dreamt of reading one day [...] It is with an exquisite sense of history's great events that Søren Frank begins his extraordinary book on Manchester United [... ] The book is not merely a historical account of one of the world's most popular football clubs from 1878 until the present, it is also a journalistic and cultural tour de force that with great erudition and pleasure allows for the contribution of all kinds of literary, philosophical and aesthetic sources to the illumination of what the re-enchanting magic of the green pitch consists of [...] The book addresses itself to that big new audience of enlightened football fans who appreciate that their favorite sport is understood and enjoyed as a civilized phenomenon through sophisticated analysis and linguistic élan.

Politiken

Highbrowed praise ... Søren Frank's book has a level of ambition that sets a new standard for the genre ... Søren Frank is also capable of placing Manchester United's development into a mythological framework, and this will propably hit most United supporters right in their hearts.

Tipsbladet

It is liberating with a football book that sets crossbar much higher than we are used to ... Søren Frank can be pleased with his Herculian achievement.

Holbæk Amts Venstreblad