With the 2014 World Cup as a backdrop, British expat Antony Sutton takes us on a journey as he meets and learns about the people who play, coach and follow football in South East Asia. Along the way he meets football hooligans, a member of the 1990 Cameroon World Cup squad, and numerous players and coaches, both well known and some merely just making a living. It is a gentle, humorous, rollicking and revealing insight that is part 'boys own' travel adventure, part football life lessons, and part social and political commentary on the four heavyweight South East Asian nations of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Steve Darby was raised on old school values in the shadow of the Kop.

He bathed in an outside tub, stood on a milk crate on terraces at Anfield and Goodison Park, and went on to spend five decades in football remaining true to himself - and the players he coached. From Bahrain to Tasmania and many points in between, Steve wanted football to be fund for his players and for his players to use football to learn more about life.

Along the way, he taught himself Arabic and Malay, dine with sultans and kings, picked up a few medals, upset a few football and actual politicians, and became one of the most successful and effective foreign football coaches in South East Asia.

With the 2014 World Cup as a backdrop, British expat Antony Sutton takes us on a journey as he meets and learns about the people who play, coach and follow football in South East Asia. Along the way he meets football hooligans, a member of the 1990 Cameroon World Cup squad, and numerous players and coaches, both well known and some merely just making a living. It is a gentle, humorous, rollicking and revealing insight that is part 'boys own' travel adventure, part football life lessons, and part social and political commentary on the four heavyweight South East Asian nations of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Steve Darby was raised on old school values in the shadow of the Kop.

He bathed in an outside tub, stood on a milk crate on terraces at Anfield and Goodison Park, and went on to spend five decades in football remaining true to himself - and the players he coached. From Bahrain to Tasmania and many points in between, Steve wanted football to be fund for his players and for his players to use football to learn more about life.

Along the way, he taught himself Arabic and Malay, dine with sultans and kings, picked up a few medals, upset a few football and actual politicians, and became one of the most successful and effective foreign football coaches in South East Asia.