The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive football cultures. From the birth of football in the 60s, through two decades of World Cup near misses Dutch players have often been dazzlingly original. This book lays bare the soul of the Dutch masters and the culture that spawned them.

Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

Sports & Outdoors

Winner, David

Football (American)

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

The Netherlands has one of the World's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea in their own image, the Dutch have often been dazzlingly original and influential. The elements of their style (exquisite skills, adventurous attacking tactics, a unique blend of individual creativity and teamwork, weird patterns of self-destruction) reflect and embody the country's culture and history.

Brillant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Those Feet

History

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

While only relatively few football fans managed to get a match ticket for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, billions of people watched it on TV screens all around the globe. Acclaimed football writer David Winner decided it was time to get off his sofa and join them. His quest: to circle the globe in just four weeks and watch as the planet went World Cup crazy. Travelling from Gdansk to Seoul, from Buenos Aires to Rome, joining in the drama of the World Cup in nation after nation while battling flu, exhaustion, and agonizingly intense jet-lag, David soon realizes he is watching the people as much as the games themselve —the differences in their reactions to victory, defeat, tragedy, and even the odd draw. Whether it be the rueful resignation of drunken Poles or the ecstatic jubilation of excited Koreans, the way people celebrate or commiserate the World Cup seems to bring out our national characters and stories in a way that not much else can. This heartfelt, humorous, and ultimately poignant account of David Winner’s travels is a book by and for the true fan. He reminds readers that, despite the tears, headbutts, and early exits, the World Cup is for its spectators a truly global experience, managing, for just four weeks every four years, to unite all sports fans.

Around the World in 90 Minutes: + Extra Time and Penalties

Soccer

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