The Arsenal Shirt: Iconic match worn shirts from the history of the Gunners
Beautiful coffee table book cataloguing every variation of the legendary Arsenal shirt – famously red with white sleeves – through stunning photographs of historic shirts actually played in by the great players throughout the club’s history. Put together in collaboration with the Arsenal FC Museum, the book includes: • A match worn example of every home and …
FC United of Manchester – An Unofficial Guide to the North West Counties Years
An A – Z of Football Club United of Manchester from their humble beginnings in smoky tension filled meeting halls through to their meteoric rise to the Northern Premier League following back to back promotions. A book filled with the history of the take over at Old Trafford with the anger and hatred at the Glazer family to …
Jurgen Klopp’s Defending Tactics – Tactical Analysis and Sessions from Borussia Dortmund’s 4-2-3-1
Borussia Dortmund are a very successful team that focus on high tempo pressing, preventing through balls and preparing for the transition from attack to defence. Jurgen Klopp has led his Borussia Dortmund team to two Bundesliga titles, one German cup and the Champions League final in 2013. Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA ‘B’ licence coach and …
Ronaldo has lived many dreams already, and his career is nowhere near finished. He has been one of the most inspiring soccer players of his generation, and goes down in the all-time list of the best soccer players ever. But what makes Cristiano Ronaldo so good? Why is he the example for any forward player? Easy and fun …
In soccer, perhaps more than any other sport, success hinges on team performance rather than individual play. As coaches are well aware, inspiring a group of players to perform as a finely tuned, coordinated unit is an on-going challenge. While several factors interfere with cohesion and flow of a soccer team, no published …
Facts and stats, history, lists, quotes, quizzes and much more, to thrill die-hard GoonersThe pages of the Arsenal Supporter’s Book are filled with a collection of facts and stats, match reports, biographies, histories, as well as fun and games in the shape of quizzes and puzzles, and thought and argument provoking dream teams and lists. All in all, …
A gripping insider’s account of how Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira, and Pires became the first team in 100 years to go the entire season undefeated. In 2003-04, a team that played with lightning speed and lustrous skill fulfilled Wenger’s lifelong dream—to go a whole season unbeaten. They pushed and inspired each other, bringing the best out of strong characters …
Even people who don’t know football know Pelé. The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer. But how did this man — a sportsman, a mere footballer, like many …
Luis Suárez was a young boy already in love with soccer by the time his family moved from the countryside to Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo. The guile and trickery of the street kid made an impact with the country’s biggest club, Nacional, before he was spotted by Dutch scouts who brought him to Europe. Suárez was lured from Ajax …
In this entertaining and authorative book, Andrew Ward explores the laws of football through anecdotes, incidents, and precedents. He uses hundreds of examples to show the extraordinary range of events that can happen in a game. Read about the player who lost a finger while celebrating a goal, the referee who dismissed himself, the player who ate a …