Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
Match Fixer
Match Fixer takes place inside the murky underbelly of Asian football. 'Squeaky-clean' Singapore plays host to betting syndicates, which have for decades fed off the insatiable illegal gambling habits of the local population and made a select few bookies very rich and far too powerful. Corruption is destroying The Beautiful Game in Asia and has spread its tentacles into th...more
Paperback, 286 pages
Published
May 15th 2010
by Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte L
(first published 2010)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
30)
I'm not a football fan, don't even know what's happening in the S league now. Last I watched the local team playing was back when we were still in Piala Malaysia and we won the cup back in 1994. So for a non-football fan to like this book is saying something.
I was confused initially with the jumping timeline but soon got hooked on it. I really like the way it ends, with two ministers at the SCC.
Finding that typo towards the end 'Ggambling' kinda shocked me, is the spelling check not on? (This is...more
I was confused initially with the jumping timeline but soon got hooked on it. I really like the way it ends, with two ministers at the SCC.
Finding that typo towards the end 'Ggambling' kinda shocked me, is the spelling check not on? (This is...more
Apr 19, 2012
Aidan Chadam
added it
Match Fixer – Book Review:
This book by Neil Humphrey’s is a book about the Singapore S- League soccer matches being fixed. Neil Humphrey’s was a boy who was raised in Dagenham, England. He was raised on mostly soccer because Dagenham is the birthplace of West Ham United so that why the story was about soccer. The book was an ok book even though it did not have what I was looking for as of learning about what actually goes on during that effect and how the S- League games are actually fixed but I...more
This book by Neil Humphrey’s is a book about the Singapore S- League soccer matches being fixed. Neil Humphrey’s was a boy who was raised in Dagenham, England. He was raised on mostly soccer because Dagenham is the birthplace of West Ham United so that why the story was about soccer. The book was an ok book even though it did not have what I was looking for as of learning about what actually goes on during that effect and how the S- League games are actually fixed but I...more
view 1 comment
Feb 18, 2010
Jason Lundberg
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of Elmore Leonard or other crime fiction writers
Neil Humphreys and I have quite a lot in common. We're both writers, we're both ang mohs who've lived in Singapore (though he now lives in Australia), we're both new dads of daughters. He and I have spoken briefly on Twitter and Facebook, and I've enjoyed his writing. His nonfiction is funny and self-deprecating, much like Dave Barry. Also like Dave Barry, Humphreys' first foray into fiction is a crime novel, and when it was released, I snapped it up.
Match Fixer takes place within the S-League w...more
Match Fixer takes place within the S-League w...more
Match Fixer by Neil Humphreys, is to put in a light way atrociously bad book. It leaves you bored, it really doesn't give you that much of an insight into how corrupt the S-League, and he spends half of his time talking about absurd and rude topics and also spends half the time swearing, which I think was him trying to amuse the reader and simply made me snort. He drags everything and I just really didn't enjoy this book. Don't waste your time reading this book, I can assure you.
Enjoyably funny, especially if you are a football fan. If you're not, you might get a bit lost when it mentions some footballer's names, clubs, football tactics etc. You might also get lost when some Singlish terms start popping up. Having said that, it isn't terribly difficult to read. A good book for some light weekend reading.
This book will not win any awards even if the award is for best book with the title "Match Fixer". However it still is a good read. A very good insist into the world of football in South-East Asia and the pull of gambling in a world not that interested in football.
Good solid read. Loved the opening.
Apr 07, 2013
Lutfi33Bharoocha
marked it as to-read
Mar 08, 2013
Paul Mcclure
marked it as to-read
Dec 27, 2012
Nalin
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2012
Desmond Elizabeth
marked it as to-read
Mar 24, 2012
Amaresh
added it
Jan 18, 2012
Leonardo Azevedo
is currently reading it
Jan 15, 2012
Mohit Arvind
marked it as to-read
Jan 10, 2012
Gethin Davies
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2012
Hugo
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Neil Humphreys is a British humour columnist and author of three best-selling books about Singapore - Notes From an Even Smaller Island (2001), Scribbles from the Same Island (2003) and Final Notes from a Great Island (2006). The last of these was on Singapore's bestsellers list for several consecutive weeks, proving the popularity of his writings among Singaporeans. His latest book in this series...more
More about Neil Humphreys...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
