Soccer stories : anecdotes, oddities, lore, and amazing feats / Donn Risolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Risolo, Donn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer--Miscellanea.

Soccer.

Soccer--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-05088-9

9786613050885

0-8032-3395-7

OCLC:

693762049