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From: Sven Mischkies on 1 Jul 2010 08:08
Germany playing football has reignited my interest after this dismal
HSV season. I will go on a vacation soon, and was thinking about
taking a few books with me.

Here a list of candidates:
1) Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained - Simon
Kuper
2) Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics - Jonathan
Wilson;
3) Football Against The Enemy - Simon Kuper
4) Tor!: The Story of German Football - Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger
5) Calcio: A History of Italian Football - John Foot
6) Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football - Phil ball
7) The Economics of Football - Stephen Dobson

1-3 are my favourites so far, 4 next and I am not sure about 5-7.
Can you comment on the books, and/or recommend others?


Ciao,
SM
From: milivella on 1 Jul 2010 08:23
Sven Mischkies:

> Germany playing football has reignited my interest after this dismal
> HSV season.

:)

> I will go on a vacation soon, and was thinking about
> taking a few books with me.
>
> Here a list of candidates:
> 1) Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained - Simon
> Kuper
> 2) Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics - Jonathan
> Wilson;
> 3) Football Against The Enemy - Simon Kuper
> 4) Tor!: The Story of German Football - Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger
> 5) Calcio: A History of Italian Football - John Foot
> 6) Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football - Phil ball
> 7) The Economics of Football - Stephen Dobson

Thanks for sharing!

> 1-3 are my favourites so far, 4 next and I am not sure about 5-7.
> Can you comment on the books, and/or recommend others?

Inverting the Pyramid is enjoyable to read and quite smart on its
subject. Jonathan Wilson also wrote a story of football in communist
countries (title: Behind the Curtain): I haven't read it, but he's a
good writer and maybe the anecdotes are less already-heard for you
than #4-#6 in your list?

I guess that Why England Lose (AKA Soccernomics) could provoke some
thoughts.

Ken Bray's How to Score and John Wesson's The Science of Soccer are
pop introductions to the use of sciences (of all kinds) in football.
Again, worth for the topic (assuming that you're interested in it)
more than for the writing.

--
Cheers
milivella
From: Bruce D. Scott on 1 Jul 2010 11:57
Sven Mischkies (hsv83(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net) wrote:

There's one you probably already read: Football in Light and Shadow by
Eduardo Galeano. IMHO nobody writes like him.

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Sven Mischkies on 1 Jul 2010 12:36
On Jul 1, 4:57 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> Sven Mischkies (hs...(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net) wrote:
>
> There's one you probably already read: Football in Light and Shadow by
> Eduardo Galeano.  IMHO nobody writes like him.


I added it, "Soccer in Light and Shadow" was the title. :)


Ciao,
SM
From: Sid on 1 Jul 2010 13:38
On Jul 1, 10:57 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> Sven Mischkies (hs...(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net) wrote:
>
> There's one you probably already read: Football in Light and Shadow by
> Eduardo Galeano.  IMHO nobody writes like him.

One of my favourite books. Lots of short essays/snippets. I often open
random pages and read them. I have posted a few excerpts from it here
over the past few years.

The version I have is titled "Football in Sun and Shadow" --
http://www.amazon.com/Football-Sun-Shadow-Emotional-History/dp/000716291X
.. I think I bought it in some used book sale in Singapore a few years
ago.

*searches rss archives* -- 2004. Interestingly, then it was Bruce
responding to my recommendation of the book, now it is me responding
to Bruce's recommendation!

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer/msg/f6c283c9bdd60326

Sid
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