Stamping Grounds
Exploring Liechtenstein and its World Cup Dream
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
6 March 2006
Summary
STAMPING GROUNDS follows the Liechtenstein national football team through their defeat-strewn qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. Drawn in a group with Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria and mighty Spain, it was hard to see the principality’s part-time players scoring even one goal, never mind adding to its meagre international points total. So what motivates a nation of 30,000 people and eleven villages to keep plugging away despite the inevitability of defeat Travelling to all of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349114880 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349114889 |
| Author: | Charlie Connelly |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 6 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 230mm x 198mm |
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A damned good read … charming, off the wall and well worth a tenner - SUNDAY TIMES
Connelly has a relaxed style and an intelligent eye for people and places … his hilarious account of following the Liechtenstein national team should be swallowed whole in one sitting - THE TIMESA wonderfully recondite book - OBSERVERA must for anyone who loves the underdog. - IRISH EXAMINERA damned good read … charming, off the wall and well worth a tenner - SUNDAY TIMESConnelly has a relaxed style and an intelligent eye for people and places … his hilarious account of following the Liechtenstein national team should be swallowed whole in one sitting - THE TIMESA wonderfully recondite book - OBSERVERA must for anyone who loves the underdog. - IRISH EXAMINERAbout The Author
Charlie Connelly
Charlie Connelly is a freelance writer specialising in travel and sport. He will be presenting BBC1’s THE HOLIDAY PROGRAMME this autumn, and has been featured on Radio 4’s EXCESS BAGGAGE, as well as writing for the award-winning Scottish Sunday Herald Magazine
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