
The Fix
How the First Champions League Was Won and Why We All Lost
James Dixon(Author)
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Published on 24. May 2021
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-78531-778-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Fix: How the First Champions League Was Won and Why We All Lost is an engrossing examination of the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League season. In 1980s Europe, revolution was in the air and the corridors of footballing power were not immune from the forces sweeping the continent. The breakup of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the USSR gave UEFA a problem. There were more national teams and league champions than their post-war competitions were designed to handle. Rather than the collapse of communism, the bigger headache for administrators was the success of capitalism. Gordon Gekko-styled businessmen like Silvio Berlusconi (AC Milan) and Bernard Tapie (Marseille) were beginning to involve themselves in football with less than benign motives. Against the backdrop of constant threats from the continent's most powerful clubs to form a breakaway super league, the UEFA Champions League was born. The Fix looks at that infamous first season, from its humble beginning on a Faroese hillside to its ultimate conclusion in a French courtroom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78531-778-1 (9781785317781)
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05/2021
Pitch Publishing Ltd
€11.99
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James Dixon became fascinated by the Champions League as an eight-year-old, watching Rangers matches on ITV during the league's inaugural season. James has hosted the successful NFL podcast Tuesday Morning Football and has written for The Guardian and Gridiron Magazine. This is his debut book.