The Football Man: People & Passions in Soccer

The Football Man: People & Passions in Soccer

Written just two years after England’s ’66 triumph when the national game was at its zenith, Arthur Hopcraft’s The Football Man is repeatedly quoted as the best book ever written about the sport. This…

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