Animals!: Argentina Versus England

by NeilClack (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $14.07

  Maradona's Hand of God in 1986, David Beckham's red card and redemptive penalty, and Alf Ramsey's infamous description of the 1966 Argentinians as animals ...England versus Argentina is a fixture which has been crammed full of controversy since the teams first met in 1951. Neil Clack, a British journalist resident in Argentina, set out to uncover the truth behind the bitter animosity between the two nations and to find out why so many fail to distinguish between the horrors of the Falklands war, the strictures of British Imperialism, the terrors of Argentinian military dictatorship and the relative banality of football. From the Impossible Goal and 1966 allegations of spying and conspiracy , through a scandal involving Bobby Moore and a brawl in the 1977 friendly to Ossie's trembling knees and the Carlos Tevez transfer fiasco, Clack discovered that the passions which accompany England versus Argentina run high as he unearthed a remarkable tale packed full of suspicion, name-calling, fisticuffs and intrigue.