Brian Glanville

In this irreverent volume of memoirs, the author looks back over his career as a sports journalist with a wealth of anecdotes and a fund of unique stories. Contains some offensive language.

Brian Glanville's dramatic history of the world's most famous football tournament has become the most authoritative guide to the World Cup. Since the very first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, his classic account is a vivid celebration of the great players and legendary matches in the competition - as well as a bold attack on those who have mismanaged the 'beautiful game'.