Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Football
explores some of the most bizarre
football events throughout history,
from its birth during the Industrial
Revolution, to the major tournaments
of the Beautiful Game in the
21st century.
From the player sold for GBP10 and a box
of kippers, to unusual injuries on the
pitch, this book gathers some of the
most curious moments of footballing
history, a game that continues to
be both an amazing entertainment
spectacle and extraordinarily accessible
to people everywhere.
Brief, accessible and entertaining
pieces on a wide variety of subjects
makes it the perfect book to dip in to.
The amazing and extraordinary facts
series presents interesting, surprising
and little-known facts and stories
about a wide range of topics which
are guaranteed to inform, absorb and
entertain in equal measure.