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By The Scout
Ever since it was first released, Franklin Foer's book "How Soccer Explains The World" has been
widely talked about. With the leagues over for the summer, I was lucky enough to finally get around
to cracking open a copy of the book to kick off my summer soccer reading.
The book's stated goal is to use the "metaphor of soccer" to address some of the "failures of
globalization".
By Atlanta Pompey
Up Pompey: A Clueless American Sportswriter Bumbles Through English Football by Chuck Culpepper;
Orion Books(UK Only)
I think it is hard being a fan.
When I first heard about this book, I wanted to read it because it was about my team. After I read
it, I realized that it was not about Pompey, but about the journey of a man from a trained, neutral
observer of all things sports in America to a supporter of a team he'd never heard of playing a
sport he'd hardly ever noticed.
The autobiography of a professional athlete - or even a biography written by the greatest wordsmith
of his or her generation - will rarely, if ever, pass for literature. I found this out the hard way
when I picked up Maradona: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greastest and Most Controversial Star
immediately after reading John [.
By Lou Bruno
Love & Blood: At the World Cup With The Footballers, Fans, and Freaks
By Jamie Trecker
A Harvest Original/Harcourt ($14.00)
If there is one book that should be required reading for the new American fan to the world's game
it's this one. Jamie Trecker gives us not only a view of the World Cup from a reporters perspective
but a lesson in the tactics of the game, a bit of German World War 2 history (mostly on target I
should point out, since I am very well read on the subject of WW2 I only caught one flaw in his
historical perspective), player profiles, a history of the game of football in the US and the
world.
By Tokyo Toffeeman
Studs! (Ebury Press) is an entertaining retro footie annual using stories, interviews and pictures
taken directly from Shoot! Magazine from the 60s, 70s & 80s. Britain's top footballers of the
moment, often accompanied by the loving missus, are shown in all their garish glory (kind of living
testament to mad and bad football haircuts) whether it be while mowing the lawn, practising their
golf swings, decorating the kitchen or celebrating big wins in the communal team bath.
