Why England Lose & Other Curious Football Phenomena Explained [Hardcover]

Simon Kuper (Author), Stefan Szymanski (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007301111
• ISBN-13: 978-0007301119
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,547,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars good book, shame about the typos, September 3, 2011

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Wathy "uncivilsavant" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained (Kindle Edition)

The book is an interesting read.

The number of typos in this book is quite unacceptable. There are even glaring mistakes in the chapter titles! No English-speaking person could have proof-read this book. Frankly, this is not good enough. The eBook should come straight from the publisher's electronic text. It should not be OCR'd / scanned from printed copy.

5.0 out of 5 stars You will love it, February 8, 2011

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This review is from: Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained (Kindle Edition)

Are you a fan of football? Or any other sport? Do you want to look for some interesting links between sports, economics, mathematics, statistics and game theory? Then go for this book. Although I haven't read it completely, I already know that this purchase was a master mind's choice! It's really worth it and you will definitely love it!

4.0 out of 5 stars freakonomics for football fans, November 7, 2010

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Rezaldo81 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained (Kindle Edition)

I have not read Moneyball, but by the number of references to it, it looks like it covers many of the same themes and/or simply applies them to football.

There are quite a large number of typographical errors in the e-book, which I guess is a problem with the scanning/letter recognition software used. Is there any way of reporting these so that they can be corrected?