Headhunters is a novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 by John King

John King (author)

John King is an English novelist who has written a number of books which, for the most part, deal in the more rebellious elements driving the country’s culture. His stories carry strong social and political undercurrents, and his debut The Football Factory was an instant word-of-mouth success. It...

. It was first published in 1997. It is part of John King's loose trilogy which begins with The Football Factory

The Football Factory (novel)

The Football Factory is a novel by John King. The book follows a group of working class English men who support Chelsea F.C. and indulge in football hooliganism. The principal character/narrator is Tommy Johnson, with vignettes from minor characters interspersed throughout the novel...

and concludes with England Away, which feature many of the same characters.

Plot introduction

Headhunters is set in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

in the 1990s. It is about a group of friends who try to have sex with as many women as they can during the course of a football season, scoring points for different sex acts.