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by Clive Leatherdale (March 2006)
Paperback. 234x156 mm
4th Edition
(1st Edition, 1984, Methuen)
(2nd Edition, 1994, Two Heads Publishing)
(3rd Edition, 2002, Desert Island Books)
320 pages
ISBN 1-905328-16-8
£14.99
"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
10 THE 1986 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.62 v FINLAND (h) Wembley
No.63 v TURKEY (a) Istanbul
No.64 v N IRELAND (a) Belfast
No.65 v ROMANIA (a) Bucharest
No.66 v FINLAND (a) Helsinki
No.67 v ROMANIA (h) Wembley
No.68 v TURKEY (h) Wembley
No.69 v N IRELAND (h) Wembley
The World Cup finals (Mexico)
No.70 v PORTUGAL Monterrey
No.71 v MOROCCO Monterrey
No.72 v POLAND Monterrey
No.73 v PARAGUAY (Eighth-final) Mexico City
No.74 v ARGENTINA (Quarter-final) Mexico City
11 THE 1990 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.75 v SWEDEN (h) Wembley
No.76 v ALBANIA (a) Tirana
No.77 v ALBANIA (h) Wembley
No.78 v POLAND (h) Wembley
No.79 v SWEDEN (a) Stockholm
No.80 v POLAND (a) Chorzow
The World Cup Finals (Italy)
No.81 v REP OF IRELAND Cagliari
No.82 v HOLLAND Cagliari
No.83 v EGYPT Cagliari
No.84 v BELGIUM (Eighth-final) Bologna
No.85 v CAMEROON (Quarter-final) Naples
No.86 v W GERMANY (Semi-final) Turin
No.87 v ITALY (3rd/4th play-off) Bari
12 THE 1994 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.88 v NORWAY (h) Wembley
No.89 v TURKEY (h) Wembley
No.90 v SAN MARINO (h) Wembley
No.91 v TURKEY (a) Izmir
No.92 v HOLLAND (h) Wembley
No.93 v POLAND (a) Chorzow
No.94 v NORWAY (a) Oslo
No.95 v POLAND (h) Wembley
No.96 v HOLLAND (a) Rotterdam
No.97 v SAN MARINO (a) Bologna
13 THE 1998 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.98 v MOLDOVA (a) Chisinau
No.99 v POLAND (h) Wembley
No.100 v GEORGIA (a) Tbilisi
No.101 v ITALY (h) Wembley
No.102 v GEORGIA (h) Wembley
No.103 v POLAND (a) Chorzow
No.104 v MOLDOVA (h) Wembley
No.105 v ITALY (a) Rome
The World Cup finals (France)
No.106 v TUNISIA Marseille
No.107 v ROMANIA Toulouse
No.108 v COLOMBIA Lens
No.109 v ARGENTINA (Eighth-final) St-Etienne
14 THE 2002 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.110 v GERMANY (h) Wembley
No.111 v FINLAND (a) Helsinki
No.112 v FINLAND (h) Anfield
No.113 v ALBANIA (a) Tirana
No.114 v GREECE (a) Athens
No.115 v GERMANY (a) Munich
No.116 v ALBANIA (h) Newcastle
No.117 v GREECE (h) Old Trafford
The World Cup finals (South Korea / Japan)
No.118 v SWEDEN Saitama
No.119 v ARGENTINA Sapporo
No.120 v NIGERIA Osaka
No.121 v DENMARK (Eighth-final) Niigata
No.122 v BRAZIL (Quarter-final) Shizuoka
15 THE 2006 WORLD CUP
The Qualifying rounds
No.123 v AUSTRIA (a) Vienna
No.124 v POLAND (a) Chorzow
No.125 v WALES (h) Old Trafford
No.126 v AZERBAIJAN (a) Baku
No.127 v N IRELAND (h) Old Trafford
No.128 v AZERBAIJAN (h) Newcastle
No.129 v WALES (a) Cardiff
No.130 v N IRELAND (a) Belfast
No.131 v AUSTRIA (h) Old Trafford
No.132 v POLAND (h) Old Trafford
Appendices
The fourth edition ends on the eve of the 2006 World Cup finals.