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When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone (Paperback)

by James Montague (Author)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (28 Aug 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1845963695
ISBN-13: 978-1845963699
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Passionate and moving and provides further evidence of the universality of football (Book of the Month, *****)

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While religion often violently divides the Middle East, the countries of the world's most explosive region share one thing - a deep and obsessive love of the beautiful game. James Montague travelled there for three years, observing the region's cultures and politics through the prism of football and interviewing all the major teams along the way. He soon realised that to understand the game there is to understand its people. For as much as football forms an unlikely common thread between different countries, the sport also reflects what is unique in the national characters of those who play, support and organise it. When Friday Comes is an insightful and humorous account of Montague's journey, during which he gets stoned with the Yemeni FA, harangues Iran's Deputy President at the World Cup, has a gun pulled on him by genocidal Lebanese football fans, encounters a rioting group of fanatical young Jews singing 'I'm West Ham 'til I Die' in mockney English and was made to strip and then dance for the Iraqi national team. This is a compelling travel memoir that will enlighten, surprise and entertain football fans everywhere.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great debut offering !, 17 Oct 2008

By	R. Grillo - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You'de think that every aspect of the great game around the world had been covered by now, definately not so ! While we probably know as much about Serie A or the top leagues in Spain and Germany as football fans in those countries do, there are still some areas that have received scant coverage - James Montague has to some extent rectified that with his excellent story of football in the Middle-East.

A statistical history this certainly isn't, a tale of football surviving in the most volatile places in Earth it is. Amusing at times, almost heartbreaking at others, Montague recounts his journeys - and inevitable mishaps and misunderstandings - among the football fanatics of the Middle East, meets lots of important people, drug smugglers and everyday fans - and manages to tell their story, without ever trivialising the all too real political problems prevalent there. There's a good balance between his stories and the factual background details that are necessary in order it make it convincing.

A great read - I'm looking forward to part 2 !

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting reading, 18 Jul 2009

By	Zeid Al-bayaty - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is an intersting reading about the huge fotball passion in the Middle East and there are both funny, sad and unexpected parts. The author writes with great passion and i truely enjoyed his stile. I would recommend this book to any football fan or to any person who is intersted in a different perspective on the Middle East.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive, 28 Jan 2009

By	Kharms (London, England) - See all my reviews

An impressive look at football in the Middle East. I enjoyed it a lot. The author's enthusiasm was infectious.

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