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A Matter Of Life And Death

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

A Matter Of Life And Death

By Jim White

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About the book

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH takes the sayings of the great and the good - not to mention the lovers and the loathers - of the beautiful game as starting points for an informal, freewheeling and entertainingly opinionated history of football. Exploring themes as diverse as the language of football, the role of the media, the role of money, and the careers of gilded geniuses from Pele to Ronaldo and maverick managers from Clough to Mourinho, and generously sprinkled with anecdotes and fantastic pho...Show more

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ISBN

9781781859285

Publisher

Head of Zeus

Published year

2015

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1

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A Matter Of Life And Death

Format

Paperback

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