Englischer Fussball: A German's View of Our Beautiful Game

Honigstein, Raphael

ISBN 10: 022408013X / ISBN 13: 9780224080132

Published by Yellow Jersey Press, London, 2009

About this Item

2nd printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Pp 228. Translated from the German by Jmie Bulloch. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Englischer Fussball: A German's View of Our Beautiful Game
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022408013X
• ISBN 13: 9780224080132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports & Recreation

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Synopsis

Starting with the origin of the modern game in the late nineteenth century, Honigstein traces the development of English football from its public-school origins to the glory years of Ramsey and beyond, exploring the culture and foundational myths of a peculiarly English invention. Is English football really about manliness, hard work, fair play, and a never-say-die attitude? Why is there so little room in our game for individual brilliance? And just why are we so hung up on beating the Germans? Provocative, incisive, and very topical, Englischer Fussball is the product of an outsider's life-long love affair with English football, a book that explores the difference between how we see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us. From hooligans to sex scandals, Wayne Rooney to Stanley Matthews, it asks what football can teach us about the English national character.

About the Author

Raphael Honigstein has been covering English football since 1993, currently as a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.