Juve! - 100 Years of an Italian Football Dynasty

The definitive history of the iconic football club: the glory, the scandal, the stars and its enduring influence on Italian life.

Juventus utterly dominates the Italian game. Home to some of the biggest names in sport, it has won title after title, trophy after trophy. However, parallel to the success and myth, there's a murkier reality. For one hundred years the club and its billionaire owners, the Agnelli family, have been synonymous with match-fixing, doping, political chicanery and more. While La Vecchia Signora remains Italy's best-supported team, it's also its most despised.

Juve! charts the story of Italy's great sporting dynasty, chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of the Agnellis, and of the icons - Boniperti, Del Piero, Ronaldo - who have been their sporting emissaries for almost a century. The pride of Italy or its dark heart? Footballing colossus or vanity project? With this unique institution, as with so much about life in Italy, things are seldom black and white...

'Superbly entertaining and incisive' TLS

'A compelling case for a football club encapsulating the entire psyche of Italy' Observer

About the author

Herbie Sykes

Summary

While La Vecchia Signora remains Italy's best-supported team, it's also its most despised. Juve! charts the story of Italy's great sporting dynasty, chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of the Agnellis, and of the icons - Boniperti, Del Piero, Ronaldo - who have been their sporting emissaries for almost a century.

Product details

• Authors: Herbie Sykes, Sykes Herbie
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.10.2021
• EAN: 9781787290518
• ISBN: 978-1-78729-051-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Turin, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Italy, history of sport, Social and cultural history, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Corruption in society, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Corruption in politics, government and society