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The Story of the World Cup
Brian Glanville
On the eve of the tournament in Korea and Japan, the former
Fleet Street journalist has published a completely updated version
of his book. It contains accounts of individual games, behind-the-scenes
stories and character sketches of the great managers and players.
Well worth a read.
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The Complete Book of the World
Cup 2002
Cris Freddi
Fully updated to cover all tournaments from 1930-98, with match-by-match
articles featuring the biggest names in world football, plus
results from every game played. The statistics include team
line-ups, goal scorers, referees, crowd figures and exact dates.
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Football Stories - Bad Boys and
Hard Men
Niall Edworthy
They are out there living life on the edge - bad boys and hard
men playing their own rules. Through sheer talent and force
of personality, the eight men profiled have made it to the top
of their game and the front of the tabloids, and stayed there.
The footballers featured are: Cantona; McAvennie; Maradona;
Best; Pearce; Clough; Jones; and Ferguson.
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Barça: A People's Passion
Jimmy Burns
Excellent account of the world's biggest football club. Jimmy
Burns has unearthed police files and newspaper reports, travelled
with supporters and talked to managers, players, groundsmen
and doctors, as well as those who have conspired to gain political
and financial control.
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Football Against The Enemy
Simon Kuper
Football is a worldwide force in the lives of billions of people.
Simon Kuper travelled to 22 countries to try and find out what
lies behind each nation's distinctive style of play. During
his journeys he met an extraordinary range of players, politicians
and fans, all of whom revealed in their different ways the unique
place football has in the life of the planet.
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Hampden Babylon
Stuart Cosgrove
This book takes a celebratory journey through the back streets
of sex and scandal in the Scottish game, providing a popular
romp through the lives of the losers, boozers and substance
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The Boss - The Many Sides of
Alex Ferguson
Michael Crick
New biography of one of the most successful football managers
of our time. From his roots as a Govan trade unionist to the
peaks of world football, through many interviews and archives,
Crick explores the money and politics of football, the fights
and the moments of glory. An occasionally chilling portrait
of a man and his sometimes brutal methods. |
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The Professor - The Biography
of Arsene Wenger
Myles Palmer
At last, a biography of Arsene Wenger, the hawk-eyed Highbury
sage who lifted Arsenal from its post-Graham stupor to a delirious
double and a brave new world. Tracing his career from Monaco
to Arsenal, the book analyses Wenger's dynamic football philosophy
and pays tribute to his erudite management.
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Futebol - The Brazilian Way of
Life
Alex Bellos
This great new book shows how Brazil changed football and how
football shaped Brazil. The author tells the stories behind
the great players, teams and matches, and the startling range
of football spin-offs, such as Ecoball, played in the rainforest
and the truly alarming Footbull (yes, played with bulls!).
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The Glory Game - New Edition
of the British Football Classic
Hunter Davies
When first published in 1972 this book was justifiably acclaimed
as the best and most controversial football book yet written.
Hunter Davies was allowed into the inner sanctums of the Tottenham
club and his pen and eyes spared nothing and no-one. Now the
controversies have been forgotten and his work has turned into
a classic book on British football.
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