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Soccer book suggestions
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:05 pm
First, I know this has been discussed but sucky search engine is sucky.
Second, I have read Soccernomics and Soccer in Sun and Shadow, which I HIGHLY recommend.
Any good suggestions on soccer books that I can read on my vacation???
Second, I have read Soccernomics and Soccer in Sun and Shadow, which I HIGHLY recommend.
Any good suggestions on soccer books that I can read on my vacation???
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Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:09 pm to DEANintheYAY
I hear Fever Pitch is a good read. I have a copy of the book but I haven't started it yet.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:14 pm to hendersonshands
How soccer explains the world.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:17 pm to DEANintheYAY
CHASING THE GAME.
This is if you like the history of the US National Team. It was fascinating. I loved it.
This is if you like the history of the US National Team. It was fascinating. I loved it.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:21 pm to saderade
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:24 pm to Sheep
I'm reading this right now:
It's a little dry, because it's translated, but it's pretty good.
Of the four I posted above, The World Is A Ball was probably the most enjoyable.
It's a little dry, because it's translated, but it's pretty good.
Of the four I posted above, The World Is A Ball was probably the most enjoyable.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:24 pm to Sheep
Looks like you guys have pretty much covered it.
How Soccer Explains the World and Soccernomics are my two favorites. Fever Pitch is very good as well but it's more of a novel by Hornby. I've also picked up The Beckham Effect but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
Also, I've been told about a very good book written about dutch soccer that is on my list
How Soccer Explains the World and Soccernomics are my two favorites. Fever Pitch is very good as well but it's more of a novel by Hornby. I've also picked up The Beckham Effect but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
Also, I've been told about a very good book written about dutch soccer that is on my list
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:27 pm to BobLoblaw
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:36 pm to RedPop4
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The Soccer Tribe by Desmond Morris
This is on my post-summer list.
I just checked my Amazon Wish List, here's a few others that are supposedly pretty good:
Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
Once In A Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos
The Glory Game
Soccer Behind The Curtain
Inverting The Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
I've also read this:
Really more about being an English hooligan than soccer, but still entertaining.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:37 pm to RedPop4
Thanks!
I requested "How Soccer Explains the World" from the library and it should be at my branch in 2 days. Seems like a good book for a Poli Sci guy like me.
Will mos def get some of the other ones after I finish this one.
I requested "How Soccer Explains the World" from the library and it should be at my branch in 2 days. Seems like a good book for a Poli Sci guy like me.
Will mos def get some of the other ones after I finish this one.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:39 pm to RedPop4
Skips over some stuff, there's nothing about Spain, for example, and the ending felt rushed because there's just not much about the last couple decades, but I thought it was pretty good.
Fever pitch is great. The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro was decent enough. Its about this team from a tiny village in Italy that somehow made it all the way to Serie B, and the American author follows their season there. Its as much a travel book as anything, but its pretty good if you can get past the fact that the author is kind of ridiculous (he's constantly offering tactical advice to the manager, lineups, formations, etc., and is legitimately upset when it's all ignored).
Posted on 5/31/12 at 3:41 pm to Sheep
Posting from my phone so I can't link anything. Im currently reading Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper. It's about the intermingled relationships between football and politics. There's some really eye-opening things in it, despite it being nearly 20 years old.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 6:08 pm to thenry712
Dynamo
How Soccer Explains the World
How Soccer Explains the World
Posted on 5/31/12 at 8:02 pm to BleedPurpleGold
The Soccer Tribe explains so much, and gives a real insight into the game, and the English club system, and everything else....showing the scarves, the songs, etc.
Posted on 5/31/12 at 8:06 pm to RedPop4
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The Soccer Tribe explains so much, and gives a real insight into the game, and the English club system, and everything else....showing the scarves, the songs, etc.
i may check this out soon
Posted on 5/31/12 at 8:18 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Only one I've read that I didn't see mentioned is Among the Thugs. Again, more about hooliganism than soccer but I found it to be pretty fascinating. Those are some seriously f'ed up people.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 4:22 am to RandySavage
A lot of you guys really might like Foul!: The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals
Not done with it yet, but there is some interesting (although not totally surprising) stuff about FIFA to be learned.
Not done with it yet, but there is some interesting (although not totally surprising) stuff about FIFA to be learned.
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