The Story of Football’s Greatest Cult Team
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Rob Smyth, Lars Eriksen & Mike Gibbons Heralding from a country with no real football history to speak of and a population of five million, the Denmark side of the 1980s was one of the last truly iconic international football teams. The story of Danish Dynamite, as the team became known, is the story of a team of rock stars in a polyester Hummel kit, a team that had it all and blew it in spectacular style. 9781408844847 | Trade Paperback | 234mm x 153mm | 256pp | £12.99 Territory: WO
Thirty-One Nil On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey James Montague Named after the greatest victory (and defeat) that the World Cup qualifiers have ever seen (Australia’s 31-0 victory over American Samoa), Thirty-One Nil is the story of how footballers from all corners of the globe begin their journey in the qualifying campaign chasing a place at the World Cup Finals.
9781408158845 | Trade Paperback | 234mm x 153mm | 336pp | £12.99 Territory: WO
The Manager Inside the Minds of Football's Leaders Mike Carson How do you manage outrageous talent? What do you do to inspire loyalty from your players? How do you turn around a team in crisis? These are all crucial challenges for any leader. And leadership roles don’t get much more challenging than in topflight football. Mike Carson’s in-depth conversations with some of the game’s most successful managers – including Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger, José Mourinho, Roberto Mancini, Harry Redknapp, Hope Powell and Roy Hodgson – reveal how managers handle their emotions, their failures, their team, the media, their employers and their lifestyle, in an abnormally high-pressure environment. 9781408843505 | Paperback | 198mm x 129mm | 320pp | £8.99 Territory: WO | Rights Sold: Turkish, Japanese, Polish, Slovakian
You Are The Ref A Guide to Good Refereeing Paul Trevillion & Keith Hackett Based on the well-known, long-running You Are the Ref football feature, illustrated by legendary artist Paul Trevillion, and written by former international referee Keith Hackett, this guide to how to be a good referee is aimed at anyone interested in football – spectators, players, coaches and referees. 9781408158869 | Paperback | 138mm x 216mm 208pp | £14.99 | Territory: WO
El Clásico: Barcelona v Real Madrid
The Stupid Footballer is Dead
Football's Greatest Rivalry
Insights into the Mind of a Professional Footballer
Richard Fitzpatrick An investigation of the intrigue, politics and culture behind El Clásico – the hard-fought, long-running contest between two of the world's biggest football clubs – explaining the place sport's greatest rivalry has in Spanish life and the world of football. 9781408158807 | Paperback | 198mm x 129mm | 256pp | £8.99 Territory: WE
Paul McVeigh Using his own personal insights into achieving at the highest sporting level, former international Paul McVeigh delves into the minds and approaches of some of the game's highest performers to offer tips and techniques to improve performance. 9781408193754 | Paperback | 234mm x 153mm | 160pp | £14.99 Territory: WO
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