The power and the glory : a new history of the World Cup
Wilson, Jonathan, 1976-2025
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
Total copies: 2
Available: 0
Place reservation for The power and the glory : a new history of the World CupThe football World Cup is the most watched sporting event on the planet. It has become a global obsession: 211 nations initially entered the 2022 edition. It has been running for almost a century. Yet there is no comprehensive history of the tournament: based on fresh interviews and meticulously researched this book will change that. By 1930, football had outgrown the Olympic Games. A new competition, run by Fifa, would take international football to the next level. After a shambolic start to the first cup in Uruguay - an incomplete stadium, shoddy refereeing and physios accidentally injuring players - the thrilling final saw Uruguay take on Argentina, beating them 4-2. From those chaotic beginnings grew the modern World Cup, a cultural phenomenon that draws the world together like nothing else, and that gives it a profound importance.
Main title:
The power and the glory : a new history of the World Cup / Jonathan Wilson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Abacus Books, 2025.London : Abacus Books, 2025.
Collation:
600 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349145709 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.334668
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3084217
Find it!
Total copies: 2
Available: 0
Place reservation for The power and the glory : a new history of the World Cup