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Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats
Donn Risolo
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Description for Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats
Paperback.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803230149
SKU
V9780803230149
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Donn Risolo
A longtime soccer writer, Donn Risolo served as ESPN/ABC’s chief researcher for coverage of the 1994 World Cup for matches at the Rose Bowl. He is the coauthor of The Wilson Guide to Soccer.
Reviews for Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats
“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, ... Read more