Mark Clattenburg was the best football referee in the world. He was also the most controversial, making headlines throughout his career. But who is he, really?

This is his unique and incendiary story, a journey underpinned by conflict; but it is also a visceral portrait of what it's like to be in the referee's spotlight.

In Whistle Blower, Clattenburg takes the reader into the referee's room, the players' tunnel and out on the pitch, revisiting the biggest matches and, for the first time, the various allegations that often saw him caught in the eye of a storm.

Clattenburg's cards are firmly on the table, and he has not held back.