The Life of Total Football – The Origins and Development of Football's Most Entertaining Philosophy

The Life of Total Football – The Origins and Development of Football's Most Entertaining PhilosophyThe story of the origins, history and inspiration behind one of the purest and arguably most entertaining styles of football in the history of the game as made famous by both Johan Cruyff's Ajax and the great Dutch international side of 1970s. With so many admirers throughout the history of the game this explains how it captured the hearts and minds of its most dedicated followers, its many iterations and incarnations, and just why it means so much to

traditional classics

Keddie also tells the story of the biggest match-fixing scandal in European football and its murky political connections

Barney Ronay

one of the most respected figures in British football

This full-colour book contains a full statistical record for Ajax Amsterdam in the European Cup and Champions League between 1957 and 2016 and includes details for their opponents in every game played

In this book

A number of retired police officers recount the sometimes frightening

led by Franz Beckenbauer and Holland

This edition first published in 2015

The match-by-match story of Sheffield United's 1897-98 Football League Championship triumph which also includes a look at all the players to appear for the Blades during the season

Aston Villa and Arsenal

Scott tells how she overcame a difficult childhood blighted by domestic abuse to rise to the top of the Women's game before developing a successful career in sports broadcasting