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A Cultured Left Foot: The Eleven Elements of Footballing Greatness (Paperback)

by Musa Okwonga (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (2 Oct 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0715637630
ISBN-13: 978-0715637630
Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm

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'A delight to read ... an exuberant and intelligent footy book... [One of the] most enjoyable football books of the year' - Simon Barnes, Chief Sports Writer, The Times. 'Probably the most intelligent football book of the year' - Independent on Sunday 'Endless fascinating details and anecdotes'- Simon Kuper, author of "Football Against the Enemy". 'A work of insight from a young writer trying to solve an old problem, the definition of that much over-used word in football vocabulary; great' - Martin Tyler, Sky Sports. 'Quirky and Exuberant' - FourFourTwo. 'A superbly nuanced examination of what makes a footballer great' - The Times. 'A scintillating read, brimming with rich detail ... one book that should find its way onto every football fan's bookshelf. Join the greatness debate' - The Crack, Book of the Month. 'Quirky and exuberant' **** --FourFourTwo

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5.0 out of 5 stars A footballing feast, 21 Oct 2007

By	Andrew Sloan "Andy Sloan" (Cardiff) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This guy has mined a fine seam of knowledge (both his own and many significant others) to produce an enlightening account rich in content, flavour and style. I thoroughly enjoyed his pondering on his 11 ingredients of a successful footballer and the passion that shines out from the pages.

Each chapter contains an informed and humourous analysis of a particular aspect of a footballer and Okwonga's ability to draw on so many aspects of life and intertwine them with footballing history to reason his thinking left me hoping he writes another. He took me back to so many great footballing moments and taught me so many more. One on managers would be magnificent. Thoroughly recommend. Enjoy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cerebral football book, 17 Jan 2008

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Not your average sports book, Okwonga even quotes scientific papers in this beautifully-written personal thesis on what constitutes a great foootballer. His knowledge of the minutiae of the game is startling and makes even the avid football fan realise there are fans of the game like Okwonga who watch and analyse the beaautiful game on a far more microscopic scale. Oh for a DVD of the passes, goals and moments written about in the book!

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