James Corbett
This is the first book to tell the history of the England football team, from the first international matches at the end of the nineteenth century to the current shenanigans with Sven-Göran Ericsson's private life. It is an engrossing and graphic narrative, full of compelling games, intricate football politics, social history and astringent and trenchant commentary.
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Chris Hunt
The book accompanying the BBC TV series, World
Cup Stories, comprehensively tells the story
of the FIFA World Cup in words and pictures. This
stylish book is crammed with pictures and memorabilia
from the history of the tournament, and features
a complete results breakdown for every World Cup.
This is the essential volume that brings you behind
the scenes to experience all the intrigue, passion
and politics of the tournament, its top players
and best teams.
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Mark Perryman
What has led to the explosion of interest in the
game? Where have the hooligans of the 1970s and 1980s
gone? Both celebration and exploration, Ingerland is
a thought-provoking and evocative account of what
it means to support the national team, and what that
says about England's place in an increasingly disunited
Kingdom.
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Pelé
Even if you don't know a thing
about football, you know the name Pelé.
The world's greatest footballer now gives us the
full story of his incredible life and career. Covering
all aspects of his playing days and his subsequent
careers as politician, international sporting ambassador
and cultural icon this is an essential volume for
all sports fans, and anyone who admires true rarity
of spirit.
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John Foot
Calcio tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890s to the present day, recounting great players and teams, of style, passion and
success, but also the violence, cynicism, catenaccio tactics and corruption. The first history written in English, it's a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world.
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Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, Eds.
A World Cup guide for the more pensive kind of fan, this book is an almanac, a guide and a programme all rolled into one. The editors have gathered together an all-star roster of 32 talents to write pieces on the 32 qualifying teams. Contributors include Geoff Dyer, Dave Eggers, Peter Ho Davies, Nick Hornby, John Lanchester, Henning Mankell, Tim Parks, Caryl Phillips, and Eric Schlosser.
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Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson has travelled extensively behind the old Iron Curtain, viewing life beyond the fall of the Berlin Wall through the lens of football. Where once the state controlled teams of the Eastern bloc passed their way with crisp efficiency -- a sort of communist version of total football -- to considerable success on the European and international stages, today the beautiful game in the East has been opened up to the free market, and throughout the region a sense of chaos pervades.
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Franklin Foer
Franklin Foer investigates the role of football
in today's world. He examines the game's role in
sustaining ancient hatreds and rivalries; in supporting
the migration of players and the rise of the football
oligarchs; and in defending the virtues and vices
of old-fashioned nationalism. The result is an insightful
investigation, and a uniquely revealing tour of the
politics and culture of football from Milan to Tehran.
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