| Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats Contributor(s): Risolo, Donn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803233957 ISBN-13: 9780803233959 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $21.21 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer |
| Dewey: 796.334 |
| Physical Information: 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking readers as far afield as the Faeroe Islands, Thailand, Madagascar, Belarus, Bhutan, and the North Pole, the selections in Soccer Stories range from the strange (Brazilian players paid in cattle by their cash-strapped club) to the wild (the Mexican prison warden who threw open all the cell doors in celebration of a World Cup victory) to the comical (the referee who ejected himself). Here is the plane crash that wiped out the Italian team on the eve of its fifth straight national championship; the spiteful African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game; and the youngster who banked a shot into the goal off a passing seagull. As lively as it is informative, Soccer Stories will engage fans of all levels. |