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...
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...