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Let's get this straight. There is the game. The one that involves 22 players dribbling, passing,
and shooting, trying to get past their opponents to stick the ball in the back of the net. It is a
game of individual skill and vision or small bits of...
Anyone who reads Advantage Played regularly knows one thing about me, I really don't like David
Beckham. The "ultimate professional" has never been a true professional and his actions on and off
the field have proven that to every Major League Soccer fan.
A Professional Unprofessional
When exactly did I realize Beckham was nothing more than a passive aggressive punk?
Chuck Culpepper's "Bloody Confused" has gotten plenty of praise on both sides of the
Atlantic. The book released in a slightly modified version as "Up Pompey" in the UK, is
about an American sportswriter of some note who discovers English Football and falls in love with
Portsmouth Football Club. Culpepper's book has been hailed by [.
The Global Game - Writers on Soccer. Edited by John Turnbull, Thom Satterlee &
Alon Raab. Bison Books. 296 pp. $19.95.
Living in the States, you are about as likely to find a good book about soccer/football right
off the shelf at your local bookstore as you are to get Anne Hathaway's phone number after bumping
into her at your local pub.
History fascinates me, combine history with footy and well it doesn't get much better than that
really. For any fan of the beautiful game, The Rules of Association Football 1863 is a must read
that takes one back to the simple yet amazingly crucial rules that built the foundation for the
modern game.
It's about time we reviewed something you can visit our shop to see what we recommend. This time
it's the cerebral 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson the thinking man's football book. Read
one to see what we thought...
This is not your average football book, let's get that clear.
In a book that is sure to rile some feathers of the biggest names in the MLS, Grant Wahl of Sports
Illustrated has written the probable book of the summer in his all telling book, The Beckham
Experiment. Hopefully I will pick up the book today and have it read by sometime next week, but
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A new semi regular column is going up soon here on the 2-6. The twentysixpanels book review will
look at the biographies, case studies and novels that have defined the world of football and soccer
through the decades. It will be a way for readers to familiarize themselves on the better books on
soccer around the world.
