CONTENTS: 1. THE ORIGINS & SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORLD CUP: 6 pages How the World Cup came about and how it has grown into the world s greatest sporting event. 2. TOURNAMENT BY TOURNAMENT: 80 pages The backbone of the book is a tournament-by-tournament retelling of the story of the competition, brought to life with numerous vintage pictures and panels outlining key moments. The chapter will also include a stylishly designed appendix listing all the results for each tournament. 3. FOOTBALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD CUP: 40 pages A nation-by-nation guide to the 76 nations who have played in the World Cup finals. Ranging from 75 word entries on the teams who have graced the finals on just one occasion, to four page features on the clubs who have had the most success and the most significant histories in the competition. Each entry will tell the story of that nation s involvement in the history of the World Cup. The entries for the main countries will be supported stylish sidebars and illustrating all of the finalists from the competition s history, which tournaments they competed in, plus all of the host countries. 4. LEGENDS OF THE WORLD CUP: 30 pages Biographies of 100 players who have had the most impact on the World Cup, from the legends who have lifted the trophy on more than one occasion to those less famous players who have made a significant impact on the competition s history. The chapter will be heavily illustrated and make use of visually impacting sidebars and timelines. 5. GREAT MANAGERS OF THE WORLD CUP: 16 pages Biographies of about 40 great managers from the history of the World Cup, from the 18 coaches who have won the competition to some of those managers who have graced the tournament at numerous tournaments 6. GUIDE TO WORLD CUP 2010: 20 pages A guide to the 2010 World Cup, including a stylishly designed map of South Africa which illustrates where the matches are being played. The chapter will also include a stadium guide, plus fact files on each of the qualifying countries, detailing the statistics and records of each of the finalists qualification, their highest scorers and players to look out for.
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A freelance magazine editor, journalist and author, Chris Hunt has written about music, football and film for over 20 years. He has traveled all over the world writing about football. His book World Cup Stories: The History Of The FIFA World Cup was published in 2006 to accompany a BBC TV series. His experiences in Japan for the World Cup in 2002 were documented in the BBC TV program Beckham For Breakfast, and his journeys around the globe following the England football team were featured in his weekly newspaper columns. Spending eight years at Emap as the Managing Editor of Match, he transformed the title into the UK s biggest selling football magazine. During his editorship he also launched fortnightly sister title Sported and was voted Emap s Editor Of The Year. He has also produced Premiership preview supplements for The Sun newspaper and was the editor of The Official Wayne Rooney Annual 2007. For three years he was also the Editor of The Match Of The Day Annual, and for 18 months he had a contract to run the official Tottenham Hotspur club magazine. In 2009 he worked with Umbro, helping the British sportswear company by officially documenting the development of the new England football kit. Now a regular contributor to FourFourTwo, he was also editor of special editions of Q, Mojo, Uncut and NME covering subjects as diverse as U2, The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, mod and punk rock. Chris has missed very few games played by the England football team in the last ten years and as a hobby, in his spare time, runs a record label called Tangerine Records.
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This book offers the reader the choice of using it as a reference book to dip into when that all-important factoid is asked during the football, or as a journey from the first World Cup and its trials and tribulations right up to the latest. I really like the in-depth articles on the various heroes of World Cups gone by, and reading these pages I found myself remembering players and matches from past World Cups, a bit like going through your old Panini sticker album, except in this book all the players are there! I even brushed up on my knowledge of when various teams have qualified and was surprised by some of the earlier World Cups member teams and eventual winners - even if you have a good working knowledge of the World Cup this book will quickly tell you something you didn't already know! The tone of the articles allow you to dip in and out, it is as easy to pick up and browse as a magazine but as captivating as best selling novel - there are facts about facts and World Cup stories that you otherwise wouldn't know.
Finally, a World Cup reference book that manages to entertain as well as inform - a coffee table must-have for every discerning World Cup addict!
Finally, a World Cup reference book that manages to entertain as well as inform - a coffee table must-have for every discerning World Cup addict!
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