Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-011139
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"From conspiracy to controversy, this is a unique look at famous and not-so-famous incidents from world soccer. There's something here for all who love the game."--JP Dellacamera, World Cup and Olympic soccer commentator ""Fans will get a kick out of Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore and Amazing Feats . . . . Read about highlights in soccer history from around the world, including Brazilian players paid in cattle, an African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game and more.""--Michelle J. Mills, Pasadena Star-News, "Fans will get a kick out of Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore and Amazing Feats . . . . Read about highlights in soccer history from around the world, including Brazilian players paid in cattle, an African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game and more."-Michelle J. Mills, Pasadena Star-News, "From conspiracy to controversy, this is a unique look at famous and not-so-famous incidents from world soccer. There's something here for all who love the game."-JP Dellacamera, World Cup and Olympic soccer commentator, "Fans will get a kick out of Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore and Amazing Feats . . . . Read about highlights in soccer history from around the world, including Brazilian players paid in cattle, an African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game and more."-Michelle J. Mills, Pasadena Star-News
Dewey Decimal
796.334
Table Of Content
Introduction 1. Everyone, Everywhere 2. History 3. World Cup 4. Misbehavior 5. Soccer, War, and Peace 6. America 7. Referees 8. Coaches 9. Superlatives 10. Snafus 11. Tragedies 12. Only in Soccer Bibliographic Essay
Synopsis
Arguably the world's most popular sport, soccer has its own colourful lore. This book offers the perfect opportunity to catch up on soccer's rich history - and to discover some of the funniest, most ironic, outlandish, and tragic stories ever to come out of the world of sports., Arguably the world's most popular sport, soccer has its own colorful lore, still little known in a nation only now beginning to give the game its due. This book offers the perfect opportunity to catch up on soccer's rich history--and to discover some of the funniest, most ironic, outlandish, and tragic stories ever to come out of the world of sports. Taking readers as far afield as the Faeroe Islands, Thailand, Madagascar, Belarus, Bhutan, and the North Pole, the selections in Soccer Stories range from the strange (Brazilian players paid in cattle by their cash-strapped club) to the wild (the Mexican prison warden who threw open all the cell doors in celebration of a World Cup victory) to the comical (the referee who ejected himself). Here is the plane crash that wiped out the Italian team on the eve of its fifth straight national championship; the spiteful African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game; and the youngster who banked a shot into the goal off a passing seagull. As lively as it is informative, Soccer Stories will engage fans of all levels.
LC Classification Number
GV943.2.R57 2010
