Glittering Prize: The Story of The FIFA World Cup Volume I, 1930-1978 - Hardcover

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O'Brien, Jonathan

 
9781836801788: Glittering Prize: The Story of The FIFA World Cup Volume I, 1930-1978
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1836801785 ISBN 13: 9781836801788
Verlag: Pitch Publishing Ltd, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Every four years, the planet stops dead for an event like no other. The World Cup captures the global imagination in a way that dwarfs every other sporting competition. Glittering Prize tells the full story of its thrilling century-long arc. Volume I looks back at the tournament's first five decades: its embryonic incarnation in 1930; the stunning fall of champions-elect Brazil at the Maracanã in 1950; the equally sensational demise of Hungary's Magic Magyars four years later in Bern; England's glory in 1966; Brazil's joyful conquest of Italy in 1970; the unfulfilled flowering of the Netherlands' Total Football in 1974; and Argentina's tainted triumph against the backdrop of the Dirty War in 1978. Brimming with incredible detail and magnetic characters such as Ferenc Puskás, Garrincha, Gigi Riva, Johan Cruyff and Daniel Passarella, Glittering Prize is a gripping chronicle of the greatest sporting show on earth.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jonathan O'Brien is assistant chief sub at The Irish Times and author of Euro Summits: The Story of the UEFA European Championship 1960–2021, also published by Pitch. He lives in Dublin.

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Verlag
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1836801785
ISBN 13 
9781836801788
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
592
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