How Football (Nearly) Came Home - Adventures in Putin's World Cup

Informationen zum Autor Barney Ronay is senior sports writer for the Guardian newspaper, reporting on everything from World Cups and European Championships to the Olympics, Ashes Tours and the World Marbles Championships from the Greyhound Pub in Tinsley Green. He has written books, screenplays and humorous teatime football emails. He lives in south London quite near The Den and The Oval. Klappentext The summer of 2018: England sweltered in the most sustained heatwave for 42 years, the government tore itself apart over deals and no deals, and hundreds of miles away, in a taciturn and strange state, the national football team did the unthinkable in the World Cup: they didn't screw it up. Zusammenfassung The summer of 2018: England sweltered in the most sustained heatwave for 42 years, the government tore itself apart over deals and no deals, and hundreds of miles away, in a taciturn and strange state, the national football team did the unthinkable in the World Cup: they didn’t screw it up.

Product details

• Authors: Barney Ronay, Ronay Barney
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780008324223
• ISBN: 978-0-00-832422-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, TRAVEL / Russia, SPORTS & RECREATION / Football, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / Football, Sports teams & clubs, history of sport, Biography: sport, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Classic Travel Writing, World Cups and World championships