For every football fan the World Cup Finals are the most extraordinary celebration of the game. As we look forward to South Africa hosting the 2010 tournament, this outstanding collection of photographs by Alistair Berg captures fan culture around the world at its most vibrant and characterful. The book is a unique chronicle of a 20 year period that has seen enormous changes in football and a massive surge in support for the game. It covers not only the last five World Cup Finals but also grassroots football, from pub teams and Sunday league to children playing barefoot in the streets of Brazil or in the townships of South Africa. Images are drawn from every continent and a chapter is devoted to each World Cup from 1990 to 2006. To celebrate the Finals in South Africa there is a special extended section on the game in Africa.
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Alistair Berg has worked as a freelance photographer for over twenty years, visiting more than fifty countries for some of the world s most prominent publications and advertising agencies. He was a member of the French press agency, Gamma, before joining the prestigious reportage agency IPG. In 2004 he moved with his wife and young family to Cape Town, where he is now based. Despite the variety of assignments he has undertaken, Alistair has always photographed football culture. He has continued to see the World Cup Finals from the perspective of the fans as they make their pilgrimage to the mecca of the world game. 2010 will mark twenty years of Alistair's photographic coverage of football culture. Rogan Taylor is an academic, writer, broadcaster and football activist. He is the author of several books on football including 'The Day of the Hillsborough Disaster' and 'Kicking and Screaming. An Oral History of Football in England'. He is also founder member and chairman of the Football Supporters' Association, launched in Liverpool after the Heysel disaster.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By R. Cawley
Format:Hardcover
As a football mad fan who has watched games in lots of different countries I was bought this book by my wife for my birthday and it is really fabulous.The photos in the book capture some brilliant fans around the world watching footie. There are also some brill shots of the great game being played at grass roots level everywhere.
It is a refreshing and a great example of capturing those special moments with passion, emotion and true feeling that happens when we watch The Game!!
A great buy
It is a refreshing and a great example of capturing those special moments with passion, emotion and true feeling that happens when we watch The Game!!
A great buy
By R Sturgeon
Format:Hardcover
I don't know much about football, but I do like good photography. The way Alistair Berg has captured the fans and football is unique. A fantastic book for football fans or anyone really!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Alistair has produced a stunning book, the photographs are terrific and the text is lucid ,informative and amusing. A grand work recording the globetrotting career of this promising young man. A reference work for other sports journalists. I admit I am biased, I`m his Dad.
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