England Football: The Biography av Paul Hayward

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<B>LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE<BR/>‘The greatest story in English sport told beautifully by one of its greatest writers’ </B><B>Gary Lineker<BR/>'A spellbinding piece of work' Oliver Holt; 'Absolute tour de force' Henry Winter</B><BR/><BR/><B>Award-winning writer Paul Hayward delivers a compelling and unmissable account of the story of the England men's football team, published as they prepare for the World Cup in Qatar. </B><BR/><BR/> On 30 November 1872, England took on Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow, a match that is regarded as the first international fixture. More than 5,000 fans watched the two sides play out a 0-0 draw. It was the first of more than a thousand games played by the side, and the beginning of a national love affair that unites the country in a way that few other events can match.<BR/><BR/> In Hayward's brilliant new biography of the team, based on interviews with dozens