World Cup, A Very Peculiar History电子书

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Dedication

The World Cup

Introduction: How it all kicked off

The awkward squad

FIFA presidents

Olympic muscle

An ill-fated cup

Whistle in the windpipe

1914–1918

Shamateurism

Goodbye – again!

Pity the poor ref!

Money

We are sailing

1930

CHAPTER ONE: Political football

It never rains . . .

A few oddities

A 64-year goal famine

A football-mad monarch

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Enter the Fascists

1934

Straight-arms and swastikas

Nobbled referees

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More of the same

The fall-out of war

1938

Not only the ref needed them!

Black shirts

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Out in the cold

The Brits arrive

1950

Magyar misery

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An uprising

A public forum

A black and white issue

Diplomatic protests

The football war

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1954

The death of a ‘martyr’

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Another dictator . . .

Passarella’s handshake

. . . and one more

Playing the race card

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1958

CHAPTER TWO: Over the top

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In the beginning. . .

Given the brush-off

Bad manners

Hurt feelings

‘Little Bird’ flies free

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The dirtiest matches ever

1962

Scum of the earth

Give that ref a yellow!

The nastiest foul?

Not really trying

One player – three yellows

A rocket for Roberto

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Match-fixing

The enemy within

1966

Ronaldo’s time out

A swig too far

Needle match

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Proof positive

Bobby’s dazzler

The underworld cup

1970

Organised chaos

Evil spirits

Trouble at the top

Sunk by the Titanic

Beyond our Ken

Who sets the rules?

Life and death

Money grabbing

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CHAPTER THREE: Dugout generals

1974

Alberto Suppici (1930)

Vittorio Pozzo (1934, 1938)

Another doomed cup

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Juan Lopez (1950)

Sepp Herberger (1954)

1978

Vincente Feola (1958)

Aymore Moreira (1962)

Alf Ramsey (1966)

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Mario Zagallo (1970)

That ‘Russian’ linesman

Helmut Schoen (1974)

César Luis Menotti (1978)

1982

1986

Enzo Bearzot (1982)

Carlos Bilardo (1986)

Franz Beckenbauer (1990)

Carlos Alberto Parreira (1994)

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Aimé Jacquet (1998)

Luiz Felipe Scolari (2002)

Marcello Lippi (2006)

CHAPTER FOUR: Star quality

The best goal ever?

1. Pelé

2. Diego Maradona

The tears of a clown

3. Ferenc Puskas

1990

4. Franz Beckenbauer

1994

5. Johan Cruyff

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6. Michel Platini

World Cup classics

1998

7. Eusébio

Milla’s tail

8. Paolo Maldini

The greatest ever save?

2002

9. Henrik Larsson

2006

10. David Beckham

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The crazy gang

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CHAPTER FIVE: The African dimension

A long time coming

The Rainbow Nation

The third dimension

Grumbles and grouches

World Cup mascots

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The groups

Those maddening vuvuzelas

World Cup Timeline

Glossary

Further Reading

End matter

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