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A Season on the Med : Football Where the Sun Always Shines.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wade, Alex.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mediterranean Region.
- Soccer--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Pitch Publishing, 2022.
- Summary:
- A Season on the Med: Football Where the Sun Always Shines is a story of football where the sun always shines - with a difference. In the wake of Brexit, writer Alex Wade decamped to Menton, the last town on the Cote d'Azur. During a swim between France and Italy, he realised two things. An array of great football clubs - from Nice, Marseille and Monaco to Genoa, Sampdoria and Spezia - were on his doorstep on the French and Italian Rivieras. Plus his hero, Queens Park Rangers' talisman Stan Bowles, once played on the Med. Wade embarked on a journey of discovery to experience Riviera football over the 2021/22 season, with two questions in mind. Is football on the Med more laid-back, languid and amiable than elsewhere? And could he make it to Athens in a tribute to Bowles? Eloquently written with a blend of reportage, travelogue and memoir, A Season on the Med ends in Brumano, Italy, as Wade captures the spirit of Riviera football and confronts the meaning of heroism.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction: Swimming Into Stan
- 1. August 2021: Out of the Soup
- 2. September 2021: Aux Armes
- 3. September 2021: Beautiful Confusion
- 4. October 2021: Fantastic Times
- 5. October 2021: Savanier's Spells
- 6. November 2021: Football Can Be a Game of One Half
- 7. December 2021: Living in a Moment of Chaos
- 8. January 2022: In the Land of the Lamborghinis (and Elsewhere)
- 9. February 2022: La força d'un sentiment
- 10. March 2022: Messi Muttering
- 11. April 2022: Also a Normal One
- 12. May 2022: Buona Fortuna
- 13. May 2022: The Other Champions
- 14. May 2022: To Athens, for Stan
- 15. May 2022: Possibly the Best Football Patch in the World
- The Games
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Photos.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wade, Alex A Season on the Med
- ISBN:
- 9781801503570
- OCLC:
- 1369672710
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