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A01=Duncan Hamilton
Author_Duncan Hamilton
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-BM
Category=NL-WS
COP=United Kingdom
Discount=15
Format=BB
Format_Hardback
HMM=241
IMPN=Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN13=9781473661783
Language_English
PA=Available
PD=20180920
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
PUB=Hodder & Stoughton
SMM=35
Subject=Memoirs
Subject=Sports & Outdoor Recreation
WG=609
WMM=165

Going to the Match: The Passion for Football: The Perfect Gift for Football Fans

Hardback | English

By (author): Duncan Hamilton

''Simply magnificent.'' Mail on Sunday A massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there. Hamilton embarks on a richly entertaining, exquisitely crafted journey through football. Glory game or grass roots, England v Slovenia or Guiseley v Hartlepool, he delves beneath the action to illuminate the stories which make the sport endlessly compelling. Along the way he marvels at present-day titans Harry Kane, Mo Salah, Kevin De Bruyne and Paul Pogba, reflects on sepia-tinted magicians Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton and Pele, and assesses managerial giants from Brian Clough and Jose Mourinho to Arsene Wenger and Gareth Southgate. The odyssey takes Hamilton from Fleetwood to Berlin, via Glasgow and a Manchester derby, making detours into art, cinema, literature and politics as he explores the game''s ever-changing culture and character. The result, like the L.S. Lowry painting that inspired the book, is a football masterpiece. See more
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Product Details
  • Format: Hardback
  • Weight: 609g
  • Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 35mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Sep 2018
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781473661783
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