Das Sachbuch zur Fußball-EM der Frauen 2022 in England: Martina Keller schreibt über ihr Leben als Fußball-Verrückte aus dem Blickwinkel einer aktiven Fußball-Spielerin, die kein Spiel ihres Lieblingsvereins Borussia Dortmund verpasst.
Als 1863 elf Briten die Regeln des Fußballs niederschrieben, legten sie das Fundament für Euphorie und Verzweiflung, Leidenschaft und Liebe von Milliarden Menschen.
Wie Frauen sich gegen alle Widerstände den Fußball erobertenTorsten Körner nimmt uns in »Wir waren Heldinnen« mit auf eine Zeitreise in die frühen Jahre der Bundesrepublik und entfaltet die faszinierende und teils schier unglaubliche Geschichte der Anfänge des Frauenfußballs.
Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world.
Aberdeen have competed on the European stage since season 1967/68 and have enjoyed some epic encounters along the way, culminating in the club's greatest ever victory - beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the 1983 Cup Winner's Cup final.
*****Shortlisted for International Autobiography of the Year in the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2021WINNER OF 2019 DANISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Brutally candid.
True Storey is the compelling autobiography of notorious 1970s football legend Peter Storey, dubbed 'the bastard's bastard', who gained a reputation for ultra-violence on the pitch and had a capacity to find even greater trouble off it - a fact borne out by a string of criminal convictions and several jail sentences.
***FOREWORD BY FABIO CAPELLO***Since their first appearance in the competition in 1950, England's World Cup story has been one of broken dreams, bad luck, shock losses and penalty nightmares, with one shining exception in 1966, when they famously won the Cup after beating Germany 4-2.
WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'This football book is about something even more important than the "e;beautiful game"e;; it is a story of the human spirit.
"e;Bloody obvious isn't it: tell the defenders to route one out to Drogba"e; "e;That's what they've been doing all night and look where it's got them"e;"e;The final ball has just not been weighted enough; in any case, his touch is too heavy"e;"e;GBP120,000 a week and look how little they put themselves about"e;"e;Players today are mercenaries: in my day they lived and died for their local team.
Welsh footballer Alan Curtis is synonymous with Swansea City, having played for the club during three different spells, but he also played for Leeds United, Southampton and Cardiff City, and won thirty-five caps for his country during an action-packed playing career that spanned two decades.
West Ham United last won a major trophy in 1980, but the roller-coaster ride of the past three decades has produced enough twists and turns, heroes and villains and contrasting emotions to grace the script of the most thrilling TV soap opera.
