World Soccer - The Dictionary of World Soccer:The Complete A-Z of International Football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane

John Ballard and Paul Suff

ISBN 10: 0752224344 / ISBN 13: 9780752224343

Published by Boxtree/An Imprint of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London and Basingstoke, England, UK, 1999

About this Item

670 pp. A wonderful, clean copy. Solildly bound copy with minimal external wear. Clean text. Single light crease on spine. Tome nearly flawless.

Seller Inventory # 2iiAf0036

Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Soccer - The Dictionary of World Soccer:The Complete A-Z of International Football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane
• Publisher: Boxtree/An Imprint of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London and Basingstoke, England, UK
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752224344
• ISBN 13: 9780752224343
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Published 1999 by Boxtree
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference Books
  • Sports, General & Competitive Sports
  • Sports, Football (Soccer), UEFA, FIFA

About this title

Synopsis

A reference guide to football which includes facts about footballers, relevant figures, and details on the cultural, legal, and media aspects of the game.

Review

The Dictionary of Football is a fact-packed catalogue of all anyone could need to know about the great and the good (and even the mediocre and the bad) of world football. Despite the plethora of football literature in the post-Nick Hornby era, a comprehensive addition to the meagre canon of reference work has long been on the agenda. Ballard and Suff have managed to fill that gap with aplomb. Impressively up to date and well organised with full cross-referencing, their work leaves no corner of the game uncovered. The teams, the grounds, the famous players, the rules, the tournaments-- they're all here, accompanied by accurate, detailed descriptions. In addition, an array of football-connected miscellany and trivia finds its way in, along with two brief sections of black-and-white photographs which neatly capture a wide range of aspects of the world's most popular sport. Kicking off with erstwhile Bangladeshi champions Abahani, before closing with "zwiskampf" (a German word used to describe a challenge for the ball), this book will prove an essential source of reference for any self-respecting football writer and is bound to provide a source of enjoyment for many more inquisitive football fans besides. Football trivia lovers or those needing to settle an argument need look no further. The Dictionary of Football stands near to perfection as the ultimate football lexicon. --Trevor Crowe