Fascinating alternative history of World Football. For the unashamed Stattos out there.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #351525 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 184 pages

Synopsis
Discover international football's REAL champions! We all love the official World Cup, but it only comes around every four years...Welcome to the unofficial alternative. What if football's world championships pitched teams into a continuous series of boxing-style title matches running way back to the very first international game in 1872? That's the idea behind the Unofficial Football World Championships (UFWC) - probably the least-known but most exciting football competition on Earth. The UFWC title has been contested by almost 100 nations at more than 800 matches spanning over 130 years. Its amazing story involves legendary teams and footballing minnows, classic finals and forgotten friendlies, and celebrated players and unsung heroes. This official guide to the UFWC is packed full of classic matches, key players, and fascinating statistics. Irreverent and entertaining, it adds up to an alternative soccer history - and represents a fresh perspective on the most beloved sport in the world.

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Customer Reviews

An official guide to an unofficial competition!
If you're not already aware of the UFWC (check out the official website) it's a fantastic "unofficial" way of working out the international football champions using a boxing-style system. This is billed as an official guide to the UFWC, and it does exactly what it says on the cover. But by tracing the "unofficial" competition's match lineage back to 1872 it manages to uncover loads of matches, players, and bizarre incidents you've never heard of. That's what makes football brilliant - you think you've seen it all, then something else comes along to amaze you! Paul Brown wrote Balls: Tales from Football's Nether Regions, and this is written in the same humorous style. I read this after England got knocked out of the World Cup and it really cheered me up!