Soccer stories [electronic resource]
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Taking readers as far afield as the Faeroe Islands, Thailand, Madagascar, Belarus, Bhutan, and the North Pole, the selections in Soccer Stories range from the strange (Brazilian players paid in cattle by their cash-strapped club) to the wild (the Mexican prison warden who threw open all the cell doors in celebration of a World Cup victory) to the comical (the referee who ejected himself). Here is the plane crash that wiped out the Italian team on the eve of its fifth straight national championship; the spiteful African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game; and the youngster wh
العنوان |
Soccer stories [electronic resource] : anecdotes, oddities, lore, and amazing feats / Donn Risolo. |
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الناشر |
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
c2010 |
ملاحظات |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references. English |
رقم الرف |
Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction 1. Everyone, Everywhere 2. History 3. World Cup 4. Misbehavior 5. Soccer, War, and Peace 6. America 7. Referees 8. Coaches 9. Superlatives 10. Snafus 11. Tragedies 12. Only in Soccer Bibliographic Essay |
الشكل |
1 online resource (404 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997010715751205171 |
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