How Britain Brought Football to the World (Hardcover)

Have we matched Wembley 1966 and 2022, or lost again on penalties? As a football fan in the Home Nations, there is at least one thing of which you can be sure. Even if sometimes other countries play it better than us, they'll forever have to thank Britain for the fun, the excitement, the tragedy, the triumph, the pain, the pleasure and the sheer gloriousness of the best sport in the world. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, it was Britain that first spread the beautiful game across the world. Cornish miners took football skills along with their pasties to Mexico; Iraqi football legend Ammo Baba learnt the game at an RAF base; the Buenos Aires Cricket Club gave the world Argentine football; and Romanian dentist Iuliu Weiner got not one an English education but a passion for football too. This is a book about football, yes, but it is also a book about all the countries of the world, about shared passion and shared humanity. It's how Britain brought football to the world.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Stuart Laycock • Philip Laycock
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-9879-6
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest
LSN:	0-7509-9879-2
Barcode:	9780750998796

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