Soccer Sketches: Reflections on a Changing Game (Sports pages)

by JohnMoynihan (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $11.54

  Soccer has undergone vast changes since this journalist wrote his book The Soccer Syndrome in 1965 - most dramatically in the festering problem of the behaviour of its supporters. In this book, John Moynihan offers a personal chronicle of his reactions to the game in the 1970s and 80s. Through a series of vivid pictures-in-words, he portrays the matches, players and events which have made a lasting impression on him, always going beyond the obvious. From Chelsea's cup win and Pele's retirement, to Heysel and Burnley's reprieve, takeing in World Cups along the way, feelings of elation alternate with moments of frustration and bleak sadness.