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"The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Official Book" is an authoritative and comprehensive preview of football's greatest tournament. Packed with stunning photographs and expert analysis of each team, its star players and its prospects in the finals, this is essential reading for football fans everywhere. The book also features a guide to each of the stadiums and host cities, a history of the World Cup and a tournament progress chart that can be filled in as the competition progresses. No other event in the sporting world can rival the glamour, impact, fervent following and universal appeal of the World Cup - and no other tournament comes close to the "2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Official Guide".
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Keir Radnedge is the former editor of World Soccer, the recognized authority on the international game, and has worked on The Daily Mail since 1975, and now broadcasts regularly on international football for BBC Radio as well as for CNN. His book credits include The Treasures of the World Cup, World Cup 2006 Fact File, World Cup USA 94 Fans' Guide and The Complete Encyclopedia of Soccer.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can't help thinking some other reviewers on here are missing the point. This book provides an excellent reference for the World Cup in SA providing information and pictures of the various stadia, the run up and then the countries and their stars. This is for anyone who wants a quick reference to every country, coach, the main star players as well as one or two to watch out for. Certainly enough to talk about down the pub.
True, satistics-wise it maybe a little thin on the ground but who really wants to bore their friends with the number of headed goals a team has scored in their WC history? For a tenner or so (half that price on Amazon) you can't go far wrong. There are also profiles of some of the best players at the end of the book along with a potted (if brief) history of the tournament to date. Recommended.
True, satistics-wise it maybe a little thin on the ground but who really wants to bore their friends with the number of headed goals a team has scored in their WC history? For a tenner or so (half that price on Amazon) you can't go far wrong. There are also profiles of some of the best players at the end of the book along with a potted (if brief) history of the tournament to date. Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I agree with the previous reviewer who said that others were missing the point. This book isn't a football history book or a World Cup stat's book. It's a simple and cheap layman's companion to the 2010 World Cup, giving out the basic information everyone generally wants to have to hand as they watch the games and record results. No one wants to have their faces stuck in a book rather than watching the games. It's basic, but it's more than adequate as a casual reference and a good light read in between games. If you're looking for an indepth and expanded reference to this and world cups past, buy one. This book isn't that and it has no ambitions to be.
Format:Paperback
Very comprehensive book/programme to accompany the World Cup. Informative, interesting with all the facts and figures from the qualifying group matches and all the previous World Cup finals. A must for any quiz fanatic. No prizes for who tops the penalty shoot out league (Germany) and who is bottom (England).
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Very interesting
I really enjoyed reading this book. However, I think that there are a lot of World Cup books out there which I would enjoy equally as much. Read more
Published 22 months ago by matt94
wc book
This year it was an official book and not a programme.
Not really worth a review as it's now out of date but interestingly a lot of the players profiled never performed! Read more
Not really worth a review as it's now out of date but interestingly a lot of the players profiled never performed! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Jimmy Two Stix
2010 FIFA World Cup
Bought as a Birthday present for my Brother-in-Law, whose is football mad, and he was delighted with it.
Published 23 months ago by Valerie Stephenson
As expected
It is as expected. Looks good, nice and glossy. Would be better if it included the world rankings.
Published 23 months ago by V. Ramananthan
Very disappointed. Contains next to no information at all
I have around 7 different World Cup guides for the tournament in South Africa and I must this is the most disappointing one (and the most expensive one) by far. Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Patel
very bland
Had high expectations - however this is patchy at times with potted histories and though it attempts to cover statistics and individual countries - it just highlights one player... Read more
Published on 13 April 2010 by Krishna Jagannath
A good overview but lacking in detail
As a World Cup nut I bought this book as soon as it was released. Along with a look at the host nation and its stadiums, this book also contains info on how the teams qualified and... Read more
Published on 5 April 2010 by S. Notarangelo
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