A History of Football in 100 Objects

Author(s): Gavin Mortimer

Soccer

What does a turnip have in common with a pair of GBP500 sunglasses? They've both played a pivotal role in football history. Following on from Neil MacGregor's groundbreaking The History of the World in 100 Objects, Gavin Mortimer provides a quirky and unique take on the beautiful game told through its defining objects. A History of Football in 100 Objects begins on the momentous day in October 1863 when several men in frock coats formed the Football Association. Ever since, the sport has continually evolved - and created new ways to thrill and infuriate its billions of followers along the way. If you've ever wanted to know when footballers started to feign injury, why an old sock helped Pele become a global legend or how a draper's letter changed football, you'll find the answer in this fascinating history of invention, ingenuity, indiscipline - and sometimes inebriation. From the inaugural red card to a Buddhist shrine, each of the objects selected gives us an intimate glimpse of an unexpected truth behind footie mythology.

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The remarkable stories of 100 football artefacts that have shaped the game as we know it.

Written with wit, warmth and an incredible amount of research Four Four Two Beautiful ... tells the story of our national game through the often obscure things that have shaped it Sun Extremely clever, quirky, and deliciously funny Gazette A richly original account of the game's past, present and future -- Mark Perryman Morning Star A quirky and unique take on the beautiful game Yorkshire Post Great fun Bookseller

Gavin Mortimer, who lives in Paris, is an award-winning writer, and journalist. He is the football correspondent for the Week magazine and also writes for the Sunday Telegraph, BBC History Magazine, and Rugby World.

General Fields

  • : 9781846689307
  • : Profile Books Ltd
  • : Serpent's Tail
  • : April 2014
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : July 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Illustrations
  • : 224
  • : 796.33409
  • : Paperback
  • : Gavin Mortimer