Customer Reviews

The Complete Book of Soccer

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I just got this book because it talked about the basics of football and what you need to know. Famous players, past matches, World Cup, etc. Being American my knowledge was very limited on the subject so a book like this fills in some info. Nothing in detail really just casual 'need to know' knowledge. If you really want a great history of football book you should read, "The Ball Is Round" by David Goldblatt. Its like reading a textbook on football and if you are into very detailed oriented books on the subject this is the one book you want to read.

I bought this for my grandson, who is FANATICAL about footy. I'm really pleased with the book, it will make a great Christmas present

The book provides a lot of material about the history of soccer and their major tournaments. However I consider it too british oriented with long descriptions about England teams and European competitions...

I am new to Soccer and find this book to be a good way to learn the history of the sport if you are a big soccer fan I am sure you will appreciate the history in this book

I am an Arsenal supporter and saw this book in the bookstore. Arsenal( 13 titles) gets a few paragraphs and Chelsea( 3) gets a whole page? I laughed at the stretch the author had to go through to fill up the page. Chelsea a team that had not won a title in 50 years until the team, badly in debt, was bought by a Russian billionaire that received his wealth through highly dubious means. He then proceeds to buy a title by spending hundreds of millions of pounds of players. What a great club!!! A team that does not develop its own players, but spends millions on established stars and has done irreparable harm to more than one career( Shevchenko is probably the best example) Good job. I would highly suggest another book