Product Description

Everything every young fan wants to know about football with a fabric football shirt as its cover – from the tactics, the teams and the triumphs, to the pitch, the players and the passion. Find out how it all began and why football is called the beautiful game. Take a look at the sport today; from who’s who, to the low-down on different positions and formations. Learn the rules and check out the most famous clubs from around the world. Packed with amazing football facts, mind-boggling trivia and super stats your child can use to impress all their friends. This is essential reading for the real football aficionados.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26219 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 152 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book For Young Football Fans
This book gives a excellent world view of football covering many competitive countries and would make an excellent present or read for any 8-16 year old.

The presentation is very good. Part of a fabric football shirt is attached to the main cover instead of a dust jacket. There are many illustrations and photos from around the world and small paragraphs and boxes of information that can be easily dipped into.

The first part of the book covers the origins of football, the rules, club and team structure and body matters with skeleton and ligament illustrations (it does come with a warning that sensitive readers may want to skip this page).

The bulk of he book is made up of a double page spread for most of the main competitive football countries and then double page spreads of the most famous clubs in each country. On the English page it mentions Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Preston North End, Newcastle United and Everton. The club logos of Portsmouth FC, Fulham, Bolton Wanderers, Middlesborough, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Everton, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Blackpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers are also shown as 'Famous Clubs'. There is nothing 'in depth' about the clubs. It is more of a general look at some
clubs.

Scottish fans may be disappointed that Celtic and Rangers only get a brief mention and are lumped in with 'European Clubs' rather than getting their own section. Sadly Welsh and Northern Irish teams don't get a mention at all.

The last part of the book has a Hall of Fame of some important world class players and lots of stats and tables of league and cup winners from around the world.

This book is designed as a world overview of football for young fans rather than an in depth analysis so it's not suitable for adults or die hard football fans who get offended because their team or country isn't mentioned. Women's football does get a mention with 6 pages out of the 152.

It's a great introduction to football for young fans.