Soccer Scandals: When the Beautiful Game Turned Ugly

by Anton Rippon

It was Pel who popularised the idea of football as 'the Beautiful Game' and so it is. But football also has its uglier side.

As far back as the Edwardian era matches were 'fixed' to benefit gamblers, or to help clubs desperately in need of points to win promotion or to avoid relegation.

There have been matches so brutal that on one occasion it was necessary for the BBC to precede televised highlights with a warning to viewers that what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399079107
• ISBN13: 9781399079105
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: White Owl
• Length: 224 Pages