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The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Four
The Blizzard is a quarterly football publication, put together by a cooperative of journalists and authors, its main aim to provide a platform for top-class writers from across the globe to enjoy the space and the freedom to write what they like about the football stories that matter to them. Issue Four Contents ------------------ Barcelona ------------------ * The Inverted Sheepdog, by Graham Hunter—The inside story of how Xavi emerged as the central hub of the world's greatest team * Corrida of Uncertainty, by David Winner—How the cruelty of tiki-taka resembles bull-fighting * The Other Rival, Another Way, by Scott Oliver—When the nastiest rivalry in Spain was between Barcelona and A...
Soccer Empire
"Laurent Dubois mines the history of French soccer for fascinating theories and riveting stories. His understanding of the relationship between the game and politics is subtle, leading readers deep into important discussions about race and national identity. For those of us who admired the poetics of Les Bleus this is essential reading."—Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World "Laurent Dubois is historian, fan and graceful writer all in one. In soccer, he has found an innovative way to explore France and its empire. A serious book and an excellent read."—Simon Kuper, author of Soccernomics "Beautifully lyrical and authoritative. We meet a host of players, colonized and col...
The Making of Les Bleus
The Making of Les Bleus traces the Fifth Republic’s quest to create elite athletes in two global team sports, football and basketball, primarily at the youth level. While the objective of this mission was to improve performances at international competitions, such programs were quickly seized upon to help ease domestic issues and tensions. The onset of the Cold War forced countries of all sizes to rethink their relevancy. A country’s ability to exert “soft power,” or influence others through the cultural sphere, became more important. Sport was but one way through which to do so. The extent to which France harnessed the athletic domain was unprecedented among other West European nati...
Johnny Cook: The Impossible Job, By Iain Macintosh
Harton Town are in trouble. With three games left before the end of the season, they’re six points adrift at the bottom of the table. They need a hero. They got a delivery driver. And not a particularly good one at that. Johnny Cook is out of shape, out of luck and very nearly out of hair. But it wasn’t always like this. Back in 1986, he was Harton’s hottest young striker for almost twenty minutes before a heavy challenge ended his career on the same night it began. Due to a ridiculous, and yet somehow plausible, series of events, Cook is given the chance to save his old club from the drop. His players hate him, his chairman hates him, and his girlfriend is struggling to recall exactly what it was she ever liked about him. It’s that old-fashioned rags-to-rags, boy-has-girl, girl-doesn’t-like-boy, boy-wants-to-keep-girl, girl-wants-a-boy-who-doesn’t-use-farts-as-punctuation story, juxtaposed against the top level of English football and set to the music of Supertramp.
Do You Speak Football?
'At last, the definitive guide to football phraseology across the world... Sparky and very funny.' Paul Hayward, Daily Telegraph ''Amusing and informative in equal measure.' Oliver Kay, The Times An expertly compiled and utterly fascinating compendium of the weird and wonderful words and phrases used to describe football around the world. To speak football is to speak a language of a thousand tongues... In this ground-breaking global glossary of football words and phrases, you'll discover the rich, quirky and joyously creative language used by fans, commentators and players across the world. From placing a shot 'where the owl sleeps' in Brazil, to what it means to use your 'chocolate leg' in...
L'histoire du Brésil au mondial
Pelé, Garrincha, Socrates, Zico, Romario, Bebeto, Ronaldo et Ronaldinho sont des noms qui résonnent dans l’inconscient collectif et qui évoquent à eux seuls le football. Le Brésil et ses stars, mais aussi leurs adversaires à travers leurs confrontations, ont marqué l’histoire de ce jeu depuis plus d’un demi-siècle. Afin de vous remémorer les grands moments du parcours brésilien et de vous faire revivre les plus belles actions et les plus beaux buts de la Seleçao, Alexandre Seban, journaliste de sports et passionné de foot depuis toujours, s’est replongé dans les archives du Mondial et a sélectionné le meilleur du Brésil en Coupe du Monde.
Když se řekne fotbal
Když se řekne fotbal je zábavný průvodce pro fotbalového fanouška, který vás vezme na svěží cestu rozmanitým fotbalovým světem od Argentiny až po Zimbabwe a představí vám přes 700 fotbalových pojmů všeho druhu.
Zidane
In de sportbiografie Zidane van Frédéric Hermel vertelt het echte verhaal van voetballer en coach Zinédine Zidane: van zijn arme jeugd tot zijn ongelofelijke prestaties en alles daar tussenin. Zidane van Frédéric Hermel is dé sportbiografie van misschien wel de invloedrijkste voetballer en coach aller tijden: Zinédine Zidane. Zinédine Zidane is een ware (soms omstreden) legende en past in de rij Zlatan, Ronaldo en Messi. Iedereen kent de beruchte kopstoot tijdens het WK in 2006, maar wie is Zidane eigenlijk echt? Een emotionele man met een ondoorgrondelijk karakter of juist een superster die heel gewoon is gebleven? Dit is een verhaal over een buitengewoon leven: na een arme jeugd in een door criminaliteit geteisterde buitenwijk van Marseille groeide Zinédine Zidane uit tot een van de grootste voetballers ooit. In de biografie Zidane komt alles aan bod: van zijn ongelooflijke prestaties als coach in de Champions League, tot zijn hechte relatie met zijn vier (voetballende!) zonen en zijn vrouw, maar ook zijn gevoel voor rechtvaardigheid, zijn enorme vrijgevigheid en zijn gevoelens van eenzaamheid. Dit is de echte Zidane. ‘Zidane is de meester.’ – Pele
