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With the same insightful eye he brought to his bestselling study of Dutch soccer, Winner shows how Victorian sexual anxiety underlies England's many World Cup failures. He reveals the connection between Roy Keane and a soldier who never lived but died in the Charge of the Light Brigade. And he demonstrates how thick mud and wet leather shaped the contours of the English soul.
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David Winner is the author of Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer.
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*Starred Review* Conceived as a sequel to Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer (2002), Those Feet takes a similar approach to the country of the author’s birth—and a physical, unimaginative style of play he felt alienated from. It’s neither a history of the game nor a memoir, instead exploring the interplay between sport, history, and national character. Drawing on a wealth of observation and a rich variety of sources, Winner asks, “Why don’t the English play sexy football?”; analyzes the connection between RAF tactics in WWII and the way the English play; explores history, real and imagined; contrasts the English view of themselves and foreigners; and mines the rich vein of fatalism that fuels English humor. (Interviewee Nick Hornby observes that there’s “just one joke: it’s cold and we’re rubbish.”) For thinking fans of the game, this is exquisitely pleasurable reading. Winner is as likely to quote from Orwell or Kundera as Viz or Roy of the Rovers, and his dissection of the cult film The Italian Job is a marvel. As he finds acceptance, and even fondness, for the English game, his insight, humor, warmth, and enthusiasm place him in the top echelon of soccer writers. --Keir Graff
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- PublisherAbrams Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1468303503
- ISBN 13 9781468303506
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- Number of pages288
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