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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A kind of a dull rendition of an exciting event. Glanville provides a cranky, disorganized narrative of each World Cup tournament confusingly jumping from match to match and referring to players by last name only. If that's not bad enough he writes from a chauvinistic British point of view and uses pejorative terms to describe players from non-Western nations. I read through the whole thing anyhow - even though what little organization he had disappeared for the 86 & 90 tourneys - because it was mindless fluff and full of interesting little historical facts. Still, I can imagine a much better book where each Cup chapter has a short outline of each team with line-ups and stats, summaries of group play, second rounds, and quarter-finals (with sidebar boxes elaborating on 3-4 of the best games), more in-depth description of the semi-finals and championship games and lots of illustrations. ( ) no reviews | add a review
The most authoritative account of the history of football's most glorious tournament, fully updated. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)796.334668The arts Recreational and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Ball sports Inflated ball driven by the foot Football By type or level International World CupLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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