Going to the Match: The Passion for Football
The Perfect Gift for Football Fans
$28.89
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2019
Summary
‘Simply magnificent.’ Mail on Sunday
A massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there.
Hamilton embarks on a richly entertaining, exquisitely crafted journey through football. Glory game or grass roots, England v Slovenia or Guiseley v Hartlepool, he delves beneath the action to illuminate the st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473661806 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473661803 |
| Author: | Duncan Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 247g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Hamilton is steeped in the history and traditions of football and communicates his knowledge lightly and with wit and intelligence. Above all, though, this is a fan’s-eye view that brilliantly expresses the passion that millions like him, in pursuit of happiness and belonging, feel for the beautiful game. Simply magnificent. - Mail on Sunday
About The Author
Duncan Hamilton
Duncan Hamilton is a journalist who has won two William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prizes. He has been nominated on a further four occasions. He has also claimed two British Sports Book Awards and is the only writer to have won the Wisden Cricket Book of the Year on three occasions. His biography of the Chariots of Fire runner Eric Liddell, For the Glory, was a New York Times bestseller. He most recently collaborated with Jonny Bairstow on the cricketer’s autobiography, A Clear Blue Sky.
He lives at the foot of the Yorkshire Dales.
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