When Pele Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup (Revised)

by Mario Risoli

Book Overview

When Pel Broke Our Hearts is the definitive story of the Welsh team's remarkable 1958 World Cup campaign, the first and only time Wales has qualified for football's premier tournament. Wales qualified for Sweden as representatives of the Middle East/Asia group by beating Israel 4-0 on aggregate in a special play-off following the refusal of its Arab neighbours to play the fledgling Jewish state. The Welsh team's haphazard preparations for the World...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902719026
• ISBN13: 9781902719023
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: St. David's Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"