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Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
David Winner
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Description for Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
Paperback. A cult novel about Dutch football. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 1DDN; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226. The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football. 288 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, , portraits. A cult novel about Dutch football. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDN; WSJA. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight: 214.
The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea in their own image, the Dutch have often been dazzlingly original and influential. The elements of their style (exquisite skills, adventurous attacking tactics, a unique blend of individual creativity and teamwork, weird patterns of self-destruction) reflect and embody the country's culture and history. This book lays bare the elegant, fractured soul of the Dutch Masters and ... Read more
The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea in their own image, the Dutch have often been dazzlingly original and influential. The elements of their style (exquisite skills, adventurous attacking tactics, a unique blend of individual creativity and teamwork, weird patterns of self-destruction) reflect and embody the country's culture and history. This book lays bare the elegant, fractured soul of the Dutch Masters and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747553106
SKU
V9780747553106
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Ref
99-50
About David Winner
David Winner is a freelance journalist and has written two previous books, Those Feet and Brilliant Orange. He lives in Rome.
Reviews for Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
'Original and conventional ... Fascinating and individualistic, Brilliant Orange beguiles you like a Cruyff turn' The Times