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by Clive Leatherdale (1984) Hardback.
200x135 mm
(1st Edition, Methuen)
334 pages
ISBN 1-905328-16-8
£12.95
"Leatherdale's account is a tribute to the English language.
Probably the most entertaining football book I have ever read."
David Barber, FA News.
"Detailed enough to be compulsive." FourFourTwo.
Contents:
1 THE 1950 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.1 v WALES (a) Cardiff
No.2 v N IRELAND (h) Maine Road
No.3 v SCOTLAND (a) Glasgow
The World Cup finals (Brazil)
No.4 v CHILE Rio
No.5 v UNITED STATES Belo Horizonte
No.6 v SPAIN Rio
2 THE 1954 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.7 v WALES (a) Cardiff
No.8 v N IRELAND (h) Goodison Park
No.9 v SCOTLAND (a) Glasgow
The World Cup finals (Switzerland)
No.10 v BELGIUM Basle
No.11 v SWITZERLAND Berne
No.12 v URUGUAY (Quarter-final) Basle
3 THE 1958 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.13 v DENMARK (h) Molineux
No.14 v REP OF IRELAND (h) Wembley
No.15 v DENMARK (a) Copenhagen
No.16 v REP OF IRELAND (a) Dublin
The World Cup finals (Sweden)
No.17 v SOVIET UNION Gothenburg
No.18 v BRAZIL Gothenburg
No.19 v AUSTRIA Borås
No.20 v SOVIET UNION (play-off) Gothenburg
4 THE 1962 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.21 v LUXEMBOURG (a) Luxembourg
No.22 v PORTUGAL (a) Lisbon
No.23 v LUXEMBOURG (h) Highbury
No.24 v PORTUGAL (h) Wembley
The World Cup finals (Chile)
No.25 v HUNGARY Rancagua
No.26 v ARGENTINA Rancagua
No.27 v BULGARIA Rancagua
No.28 v BRAZIL (Quarter-final) Viña del Mar
5 THE 1966 WORLD CUP
The World Cup finals (England)
No.29 v URUGUAY Wembley
No.30 v MEXICO Wembley
No.31 v FRANCE Wembley
No.32 v ARGENTINA (Quarter-final) Wembley
No.33 v PORTUGAL (Semi-final) Wembley
No.34 v W GERMANY (Final) Wembley
6 THE 1970 WORLD CUP
The World Cup finals (Mexico)
No.35 v ROMANIA Guadalajara
No.36 v BRAZIL Guadalajara
No.37 v CZECHOSLOVAKIA Guadalajara
No.38 v W GERMANY (Quarter-final) León
7 THE 1974 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.39 v WALES (a) Cardiff
No.40 v WALES (h) Wembley
No.41 v POLAND (a) Chorzow
No.42 v POLAND (h) Wembley
8 THE 1978 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.43 v FINLAND (a) Helsinki
No.44 v FINLAND (h) Wembley
No.45 v ITALY (a) Rome
No.46 v LUXEMBOURG (h) Wembley
No.47 v LUXEMBOURG (a) Luxembourg
No.48 v ITALY (h) Wembley
9 THE 1982 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.49 v NORWAY (h) Wembley
No.50 v ROMANIA (a) Bucharest
No.51 v SWITZERLAND (h) Wembley
No.52 v ROMANIA (h) Wembley
No.53 v SWITZERLAND (a) Basle
No.54 v HUNGARY (a) Budapest
No.55 v NORWAY (a) Oslo
No.56 v HUNGARY (h) Wembley
The World Cup finals (Spain)
No.57 v FRANCE Bilbao
No.58 v CZECHOSLOVAKIA Bilbao
No.59 v KUWAIT Bilbao
No.60 v W GERMANY (2nd phase) Madrid
No.61 v SPAIN (2nd phase) Madrid
Appendices