Who Invented the Stepover?
and other crucial football conundrums
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2013
343 pages
978-1-84765-842-5 (ISBN)
Description
Have you ever wondered who invented the 4-4-2 formation? Why footballers used to celebrate success by releasing a platitudinous pop single? And who has really scored the most goals in the history of the game?
You can find the answers to all these questions and more in a book which takes the time to consider the debt the stepover may owe to Dutch speed skaters, explores the most surprising world transfer record and celebrates the most dysfunctional World Cup campaign ever.
Through a series of answers to puzzling and perennial questions, the book sheds unexpected light on the beautiful game, challenging conventional wisdom, discovering neglected heroes and destroying a few urban myths along the way.
You can find the answers to all these questions and more in a book which takes the time to consider the debt the stepover may owe to Dutch speed skaters, explores the most surprising world transfer record and celebrates the most dysfunctional World Cup campaign ever.
Through a series of answers to puzzling and perennial questions, the book sheds unexpected light on the beautiful game, challenging conventional wisdom, discovering neglected heroes and destroying a few urban myths along the way.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Uli Hesse's Tor! The History of German Football:'Beautifully crafted...demolishes myths with the cold-blooded efficiency of a literary Gerd Muller * The Times * A model of how history should be written * FourFourTwo *
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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ISBN-13
978-1-84765-842-5 (9781847658425)
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Persons
Paul Simpson was founding editor of FourFourTwo magazine, and currently edits Champions magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Rough Guide To Elvis and his favourite football team of all-time is Jimmy Bloomfield's Leicester City.
Uli Hesse is the author of Tor!, the definitive history of German football, a contributor to 11Freunde magazine and a regular ESPN columnist. He has also published four German-language books. .
Uli Hesse is the author of Tor!, the definitive history of German football, a contributor to 11Freunde magazine and a regular ESPN columnist. He has also published four German-language books. .
