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Table of Contents:
Prologue: Les Poteaux Carrés 1. Les Bleus: One Night in Seville 2. Geste Technique: Le Coup Franc à la Platini 3. Bordeaux: Victory Amid the Vineyards 4. Marseille: Tapie's Tainted Triumph 5. Geste Technique: La Papinade 6. Les Rosbifs: Living the Dream 7. Nantes: The Goal That Came From Somewhere Else 8. Italie: Learning to Win 9. Geste Technique: La Roulette à la Zidane 10. Auxerre: One Small Village Still Resists 11. Angleterre: The Sound and the Fury 12. Arsenal: A Very English Frenchman 13. Les Bleus: Champions du Monde! 14. Geste Technique: La Spéciale Henry 15. Lyon: The Magnificent Seven 16. Les Bleus: From the Gutter to a Second Star 17. Espagne: The Ballad of ZZ and KB9 18. Le Foot Féminin: Lyon Light the Way 19. Paris Saint-Germain: All That Glitters 20. Allemagne: La Nouvelle Vague Epilogue: How Not Toulouse Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Tom Williams is a football writer and broadcaster who lives in London. Specialising in French and English football, he has written for The Times, The Guardian, The Independent and The Athletic. He is the resident Premier League expert on the flagship French football programme Canal Football Club and a regular guest on the UK's leading football podcast, The Totally Football Show. @tomwfootball

Review :
As it turns out, what was required to really define the identity of our football was a perspective that was partly inward-looking and partly continental. Erudite and engrossing, this book adds a biting modernity to the old legend of France's magnificent losers. Williams is an engaging and intelligent storyteller, who knows France well beyond sport. This is an inspiring account of how French football went, in a very few years, from almost nowhere to regularly leading the world – and of some of the colourful and sometimes frankly bizarre people who took it there. In a word, it's excellent. A comprehensive account of the highs, lows and scandals of French football, told through a series of fascinating vignettes. The definitive story of how French football came of age. I loved my time in France and it changed the way I thought about the game. Using the stories of France's most celebrated teams and players, this fabulous book explains what sets French football apart. A masterclass. A delightful insight into the history, the culture and the values of French football. Having worked in France for three years now, it helped me understand so many concepts and words that they use in the weird and wonderful world that is la Ligue 1. Entertaining, vivid and painstakingly researched, Williams' prose brilliantly captures the juxtaposition of France's extraordinary flair for the game and its public's love-hate relationship with it. This is a book that students of the game have been waiting for. - Game of the People


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  • ISBN-13: 9781399403948
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 288
  • ISBN-10: 139940394X
  • Publisher Date: 25 Apr 2024
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Modern History of French Football


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