Certain characters reappear in England Away. The approach of the individuals involved in the Sex Division is what drives the book, as their deeper feelings and inner lives are revealed. Carter (named after punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine) sets the early pace. Points are awarded for different sexual acts and the season begins. The Premiership might be driven by a lust for money, but the Sex Division is a league for purists. The main characters in Headhunters are Carter, Mango, Will, Balti, and Harry, who one drunken New Year's Eve decide to create a Sex Division based on the Total Football employed by the great Holland national football team led by Johan Cruyff. The US edition (2016) includes an introduction by King-"In England's Fair City"-and the following quote by author Michael Moorcock: "John King is the authentic voice of contemporary London". First published in 1997 by Jonathan Cape and subsequently by Vintage, it has been widely translated abroad. Along with The Football Factory and England Away, it comprises The Football Factory Trilogy, a series that challenges the official position on subjects such as class, racism, sexism, and patriotism in the UK. Headhunters is the second novel by English author John King.
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