Football books

[grazorblade]

I was there with my son and future son in law.I too was surprised at the booing of the Uruguayan national anthem but a couple of weeks later I was talking to a Uruguayan acquaintance and he said this rattled the South Americans as they had always regarded us as a not serious football nation and after the booing they realised the crowd and our team were up for it.Viduka's miss made me super anxious but Schwarzer and Aloisi did the job.The feeling of sheer joy when JA scored still hits me whenever I watch a replay of the penalty shootout.

Maybe we should boo anthems more often haha

Dont have the heart to boo japan mind you

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

I was there with my son and future son in law.I too was surprised at the booing of the Uruguayan national anthem but a couple of weeks later I was talking to a Uruguayan acquaintance and he said this rattled the South Americans as they had always regarded us as a not serious football nation and after the booing they realised the crowd and our team were up for it.Viduka's miss made me super anxious but Schwarzer and Aloisi did the job.The feeling of sheer joy when JA scored still hits me whenever I watch a replay of the penalty shootout.

Me too. No matter how often I see it I get this huge grin on my face.

 

[grazorblade]

Me too. No matter how often I see it I get this huge grin on my face.

I rewatch a lot of old roos games, particularly when on long flights. Reckon I'm up to watching that game 10 times by now

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

Maybe we should boo anthems more often haha

Like the Saudi anthem...

We have lots of oil
We have lots of cash
We are happy settling
Jam Khashoggi's hash

 

[grazorblade]

Like the Saudi anthem...

We have lots of oil
We have lots of cash
We are happy settling
Jam Khashoggi's hash

maybe can do a spin off of "can't buy me love"

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

Thing is, if they really sang that I'd be laughing too hard to boo.

 

[erogenouszone]

Maybe we should boo anthems more often haha

Dont have the heart to boo japan mind you

I'd boo anyone in which Australia would get an advantage. Half the game in the mind, don't be afraid of the dark arts....

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

Just been re-reading The Secret Footballer. Absolutely love it but it doesn't score highly on Goodreads - possibly because it's been rated low by people who don't like the man widely regarded as being the secret footballer.

I Am The Secret Footballer: Lifting the Lid on the Beau…

Who is the Secret Footballer? Only a few people know th…

www.goodreads.com

 

[ashtongate]

Just been re-reading The Secret Footballer. Absolutely love it but it doesn't score highly on Goodreads - possibly because it's been rated low by people who don't like the man widely regarded as being the secret footballer.

I Am The Secret Footballer: Lifting the Lid on the Beau…

Who is the Secret Footballer? Only a few people know th…

www.goodreads.com

Name the Secret Footballer please!

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

Name the Secret Footballer please!

Supposedly Dave Kitson was TSF.

 

[ashtongate]

Supposedly Dave Kitson was TSF.

Ah yes, a ranga!

 

[melbcityguy]

Get Your Tits Out for the Lads

"Get Your Tits Out for the Lads" is the story of one woman's journey into the masculine and rather enigmatic world of football. Since an early age, Sally Freedman dreamt of working in football and landed her dream role as protocol manager for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia. After the...

www.fairplaypublishing.com.au

Interesting book on women's perspective

 

[Football us life]

There are football books and then there is this masterpiece....

 

[Decentric]

There are football books and then there is this masterpiece....

Any insights?

 

[Football us life]

Any insights?

It's an acknowledged classic of football literature. A powerful, endlessly quotable prose to the game and to the history of the game from an emotionally passionate South American perspective....

From the early days of football on that continent up to the 2002 WC.

Lots of wonderful and beautifully written vignettes rather than chapters and one I really liked was his account of the war that broke out between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969. What became known as 'the soccer war'...

Makes you fall in love with Latin America without even having to go there.

 

[Football us life]

And if you liked 'Football in Sun and Shadow' you'll like these two aswell....

Boh excellent reads, particularly the Jonathan Wilson one.

 

[Decentric]

And if you liked 'Football in Sun and Shadow' you'll like these two aswell....

Boh excellent reads, particularly the Jonathan Wilson one.

Thanks.

Jonathon Wilson has written one of the greatest football books I've read - Inverting The Pyramid.

Very useful history of tactics/formations from 1932 - 2000s.

Then Zonal Marking : Michael Cox, covers the time since.

 

[vo2Max]

In contrast, my Lawrie McKinna book is probably the only football bio with a sex scene.

I remember Lawrie's wife reading that chapter and saying: "Oh no... I can't let my father read this."

Did he recount his time at Blacktown City in any detail?

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

Did he recount his time at Blacktown City in any detail?

Fair bit of detail - especially the time he ruptured his kidney and broke his leg.

 

[Football us life]

Thanks.

Jonathon Wilson has written one of the greatest football books I've read - Inverting The Pyramid.

Very useful history of tactics/formations from 1932 - 2000s.

Then Zonal Marking : ? Howard - covers the time since.

Agree. 'Inverting the Pyramid' was a prodigious book from JW. Until recently nobody, at least in the English language world had written such a significant book on the evolution of football tactics and footballing philosophy into what it is today and why it is and what it is....

Check out 'Zonal Marking' and 'The Mixer', both by Michael Cox. They both have a bit of history too but are a little more technical based than 'Inverting the Pyramid'.