Football Against The Enemy
The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Throughout the world, football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing on national, political and cultural identities, football is the medium through which the world's hopes and fears, passions and hatreds are expressed. Simon Kuper traveled to 22 countries from South Africa to Italy, from Russia to the USA, to examine the way football has shaped them.
At the same time he tried to find out what lies behind each nation's distinctive style of play, from the carefree self-expression of the Brazilians to the anxious calculation of the Italians. During his journeys, he met an extraordinary range of players, politicians and - of course - the fans themselves, all of whom revealed in their different ways the unique place football has in the life of the planet.
Format: Paperback / softback 272 pages
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Lt
ISBN: 9780752848778
£9.99
The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Throughout the world, football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing on national, political and cultural identities, football is the medium through which the world's hopes and fears, passions and hatreds are expressed. Simon Kuper traveled to 22 countries from South Africa to Italy, from Russia to the USA, to examine the way football has shaped them.
At the same time he tried to find out what lies behind each nation's distinctive style of play, from the carefree self-expression of the Brazilians to the anxious calculation of the Italians. During his journeys, he met an extraordinary range of players, politicians and - of course - the fans themselves, all of whom revealed in their different ways the unique place football has in the life of the planet.
Format: Paperback / softback 272 pages
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Lt
ISBN: 9780752848778