Bibliograph

Those feet, a sensual history of English football, David Winner

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Label

Those feet, a sensual history of English football, David Winner

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Those feet

Oclc number

816029599

Responsibility statement

David Winner

Sub title

a sensual history of English football

Summary

"In this playful, witty and highly original look at English soccer, David Winner, author of the acclaimed Brilliant Orange, journeys to the heart of an essential English pastime and sheds new light on the true nature of a rapidly changing game that was never really meant to be beautiful. With the same insightful eye he brought to his bestselling study of Dutch soccer, Winner shows how Victorian sexual anxiety underlies England's many World Cup failures. He reveals the connection between Roy Keane and a soldier who never lived but died in the Charge of the Light Brigade. And he demonstrates how thick mud and wet leather shaped the contours of the English soul"--, Provided by publisher

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