Billions of people watched the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany on TV screens all around the globe. The author, an acclaimed football writer, decided to get off his sofa and join them. His quest is to circle the globe in just four weeks and watch as the planet went World Cup crazy. This work is an account of his travels.
Billions of people watched the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany on TV screens all around the globe. The author, an acclaimed football writer, decide...
Frits Barend, Henk Van Dorp, David Winner, Lex Van Dam
This portrait of Johan Cruyff draws on numerous interviews conducted by the authors between the years of 1974 and 1997. In these interviews Cruyff talks about how he learnt his trade and what it was like to play football for Barcelona and Ajax, two of the world's greatest club sides. He also talks about the philosophy behind total football, the driving force behind the great Dutch side of the 1970s, and a style of football many teams attempt to emulate today. Cruyff also enjoyed eight years of success as manager of Barcelona before returning to Ajax, where, with his emphasis on youth and...
This portrait of Johan Cruyff draws on numerous interviews conducted by the authors between the years of 1974 and 1997. In these interviews Cruyff tal...
Offering an original look at English football, this title journeys to the heart of Englishness and sheds light on the true nature of a rapidly changing game that was never really meant to be beautiful. It also shows how Victorian sexual anxiety underlies England's many World Cup failures.
Offering an original look at English football, this title journeys to the heart of Englishness and sheds light on the true nature of a rapidly changin...
