Going Oriental: Football After World Cup 2002 (Mainstream Sport) - Softcover

Mark Perryman

9781840186772: Going Oriental: Football After World Cup 2002 (Mainstream Sport)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840186771 ISBN 13: 9781840186772

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 2002

Going Oriental explores the global impact of World Cup 2002 and considers the future of the tournament. Contributors, including Pete Davies, Jim White, David Conn, Simon Kuper and David Winner, investigate the durability of football's new-found support in Japan and South Korea, the future of the England team and its fans, plus the sport's new world order after 2002.

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Synopsis:

World Cup 2002, 31 days that shook the world of football and had fans everywhere gasping for more. There has arguably never been a tournament like it, with an upset arising almost every day: Cup holders France return home without scoring a single goal; Portugal humbled by the USA; Italy eliminated by South Korea; and David Beckham defeating his, and England's, nemesis Argentina - a result witnessed during a very long nationwide lunch break. This was also a World Cup of firsts: the first of the new millennium; the first to be held in Asia; and the first to be co-hosted and hooligan-free. The passion of the Japanese and South Korean fans helped restore the ethic of the people's game to a contest that had been in danger of turning into a corporate bonanza. "Going Oriental" explores the substantial impact of World Cup 2002.

About the Author:

Mark Perryman has edited a number of other Mainstream publications including The Ingerland Factor, Philosophical Football and Hooligan Wars. He regularly contributes to When Saturday Comes, Total Football and The New Statesman.

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