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The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches
Jonathan Wilson
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Description for The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches
Paperback. '[A] thought-provoking reappraisal of ten key games in England's football history .. this book should be required reading for all future England squads' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; WSBT; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
'MASTERFUL' TimeOut
'GREAT' Financial Times
'ABSORBING' FourFourTwo
'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent on Sunday
'ENTERTAINING' When Saturday Comes
Having invented the game, everything that has followed for England and its national football team has been something of an anti-climax. There was, of course, the golden summer of 1966, and the great period of English dominance on the world stage, which fell roughly between 1886 and 1900, when England won 35 of their 40 international fixtures. But before long foreign teams, with their insistence on progressive 'tactics', began to pose a few questions. And much of what followed for England constituted a series ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409118206
SKU
V9781409118206
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99-10
About Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for the Guardian and the founder and editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics was Football Book of the Year in 2009 and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Seven of his other books have been shortlisted for football book of the year and ... Read more
Reviews for The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches
A masterful work... it could be the best thing to have happened to English football in years.
TimeOut
A thought-provoking reappraisal of ten key games in England's football history... this book should be required reading for all future England squads.
Independent on Sunday
Wilson belongs alongside David Goldblatt and the daddy of them all, Brian Glanville, ... Read more
TimeOut
A thought-provoking reappraisal of ten key games in England's football history... this book should be required reading for all future England squads.
Independent on Sunday
Wilson belongs alongside David Goldblatt and the daddy of them all, Brian Glanville, ... Read more