Soccer Yearbook: The Complete Guide to the World Game

by David Goldblatt

Book Overview

This informative, engaging and accessible book aims to be the most comprehensive, all-in-one guide to the world's favorite sport. Embracing the fanatical interest in the world's most popular sport,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756604265
• ISBN13: 9780756604264
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

More Soccer Info than you can absorb - in a Great Way

Great Stuff!!!! This book is staggering in the breadth and depth of info available. This book includes stats, history, profiles of all major leagues around the world, stadium information, history of specific clubs, maps with locations, and more. If you've ever been watching a game from the Premier League in the UK or the Bundesliga in Germany and wondered about the rivalries, etc... then this book is for you. We leave this book on the coffee table and pull it out whenever there is a game on TV. It makes the experience so much more interesting. It isn't uncommon to come in and see one of the guys leafing through the pages just learning about soccer around the world. We bought several of these as gifts for our soccer coaches. Even they were blown away. We all strongly recommend this book for soccer fans!!

Nice Country data

Goldblatt does a great job of collecting national data of all football countries and gives great piece of info in cities and countries football maps. Though, he fails to tha truth when establishing certain leagues facts and characteristics, as he involves in these his actual thoughts and perceptions. Anyway, the best comprehensive statistic book written in football, that hopefully he will continue to improve.

Amazing amounts of information

If you are a soccer nut like I am, you have to own this book. It provides an abundance of information of all, yes all the leagues around the globe. The profiles of the best players and the best rivalries is amazing to say the least. Do yourself a favor, if you want to know more about the most popular sport in the world, get this book!

Simply Wonderful

Words can't describe how great this book is. From the moment you see the section on the World Cup and how detailed it is (EVERY SINGLE WC MATCH IS COVERED), to the wonderful pictures that look so good you could easily mistake you're watching TV, this book grabs you. It covers every FIFA confederation (including OFC) and every majour country's domestic league. Ever wonder who finished 6th in the Uruguayan Domestic League last year? Or ever wonder who led the Swedish Allveskean in goals? Or who plays in the stadium set at the highest altitude? Get this book, and you'll do yourself a favour if you're a football fan. Plus, impress your friends!

A Fabulous Primer for Football Fans!

This book has everything you could possibly want about soccer around the world. Whether it is the World Cup, Continental championships, or domestic leagues, this book breaks down all of the statistics, facts, and tidbits for the soccer trivia enthusiast. A nice primer for people interested in learning about the business that is world soccer.