Echoes From A God

Echoes from a God: Diego Maradona, the Manager and His Post Playing Life. The new book from @robsmithireland, available via @PitchPublishing. coming June 2026

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⚽️ Echoes from a God by @RobSmithIreland untold story of Diego Maradona’s post-playing life and turbulent years as a manager, explored through vivid storytelling, deep research and an unflinching emotional lens.

🏟️ Here was a man who could no longer conjure miracles with his left foot, yet still needed football as oxygen. This revelatory book:

✅ Draws on extensive research – interviews, contemporary reporting, archives and an on-the-ground exploration of the clubs and cities shaped by Maradona’s presence

✅ Explores previously overlooked chapters of Maradona’s story, focusing on his struggles, reinventions, political voice, addictions and attempts to stay alive through football

✅ Captures the tactical chaos, the moments of tenderness, the defiant press conferences, the collapses and recoveries, and the health scares that paralysed a nation each time his name appeared beside the word ‘emergency’

✅ Blends biography, cultural history and sports writing, offering insights into Argentine football, Boca culture, the Mexican Ascenso MX, Middle Eastern football projects and the socio-political world that surrounded Maradona

🇦🇷 A must-read for Maradona devotees and football fans everywhere, this book offers an intimate, moving and often breathtaking portrait of his final act – flawed, fragile, ferocious and unforgettable.

[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

Bonjour lads.

I’ll be at the Fête du livre de la rue Davy in Paris the weekend after next. 🇫🇷

If you’re a Maradona fan, come say hi.

[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

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[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

My book, Echoes From A God: Diego Maradona, the Manager and his Post-Playing Life, is out today in all good bookshops.

https://t.co/pqJaX4KxN9

[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

I have a few copies of the Maradona books for direct sale.
(If you can’t make the launch, this is for you)
These are signed copies. Pick one up.

https://t.co/XApUCaD5m2

[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

Come to the book launch for Echoes from a God: Diego Maradona, the Manager and His Post Playing Life in The Grand Social this June 28th.
I even have a legend DJing at it afterwards.

Tickets are free from Eventbrite https://t.co/mcWdyKcmLu

[Echoes From A God @EchoesFromAGod]

Some new links added including Apple Books, The Guardian bookshop etc.

Pre-order Echoes from a God: Diego Maradona, the Manager and His Post Playing Life today! #maradona

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[Echoes From A God @EchoesFromAGod]

https://t.co/9Vux9kt9bI pre-order the book here.

[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

Pre-order my forthcoming book “Echoes from a God: Diego Maradona, the Manager and His Post Playing Life”

Coming June 8th.

https://t.co/nBXfNOhxus

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Waterstones have selected my book’s pre-order to be part of a 25% discount. This ends tomorrow.
Get involved: https://t.co/cq5yFK0qtX

[Rob Smith @robsmithireland]

8/6/26