Description
Discover a world of fascinating facts and stats about the beautiful game!
From record-breaking goals to famous football mascots – learn about the funny and extraordinary moments that make football fantastic.
This fully illustrated book of trivia takes footie fans on a breathtaking round-the-world tour, visiting every continent to discover incredible football stories, from record-breaking goals, amazing players, stunning stadiums to weird and wonderful football mascots.
Prepare to be on the edge of your seat till the final whistle blows!
WITH FABULOUSLY SHINY FOILED COVER
Football is the most popular participation and spectator sport in the world. There is hardly a country in the world where football is not played. World of Football is the perfect companion book for every football devotee, because it takes readers on a journey round the globe.
Here you will learn much of the history and geography of the beautiful game, as well as being introduced to the many ways that the sport has changed the world.
This is not just a chronicle of the game however. Prolific non-fiction author Clive Gifford digs out some amazing, quirky and fascinating facts about the game. For instance, one national team (Togo), thought their World Cup qualifying game was called off, whereas in fact a team pretending to be Togo was actually playing the match! Find out why the Czech club Bohemians have a kangaroo on their club logo! In Mauritania, a match involving the national side was stopped after an hour because the Mauritanian president was so bored.
Both the men’s and women’s games are represented in this definitive guide to the world game. It is packed with indispensable facts and figures and will be a total delight for every footie fan. The illustrations by Tracy Worrall are the perfect partners for this great global journey.
