Product Description: For everyone in Britain, Motty, like Pelé and Maradona, needs no other introduction. As the nation's best-known soccer commentator, he has had an unparalleled insight into sports broadcasting and the ups and downs of the game. With a career spanning more than 40 years and 2,000 matches, including commentating on six World Cup Finals, Motson's time in the commentary box delivers some unforgettable anecdotes...read more

The World Cup is footballing Nirvana - the global competition where the best of the battle it out while the world watches. This book provides footy-lovers and laymen with useful trivia on the facts and history of the World Cup. It talks about the competition: players; great matches; goals and the personalities that have passed through the ages.

A guide to the beautiful game from the ultimate footy pundit. Anecdotes, trivia and much, much more.

Product Description: English soccer fans from Cape Town to Chicago follow their teams religiously. This all-inclusive guide — featuring John Motson, a highly esteemed international soccer commentator — puts a feast of facts and trivia at the fingertips of North American fans, divulging all that's weird and wonderful about the English game: Where all the famous Celtic 'Lisbon Lions' were born in Glasgow; why the England team gave the Nazi salute in 1938; quotes from Sven Goran Erikson, the England team manager; and commentary on how Americans view the game...read more