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The World Cup's Strangest Moments: Oddball Characters and Memorable Matches from over 75 Years of Football's Greatest Tournament (The Strangest Series)
The World Cup's Strangest Moments Oddball Characters and Memorable Matches from over 75 Years of Football's Greatest Tournament - The Strangest Series Author:Peter Seddon The World Cup has been called The Greatest Show on Earth. And if 90 minutes plus overtime and penalties is just the sort of entertainment you like, this book is guaranteed to score. Along with a supporting cast of dodgy refs, eccentric mascots, and manic managers, there are shameful fixes, outrageous cheats, and the most unpronounceable team of ... more »all. From Uruguay 1930 to Korea-Japan 2002 and beyondhere are the famous, the infamous, and the downright bizarre.Endlessly entertaining, the Strangest Series of mad miscellany abound with true accounts of history's strangest characters and eventsfrom potty potentates to dotty inventions. A mind-boggling excursion through the byways of the bizarre.« less