Espana 82

A Hazy Shade of Summer

Espana 82
Stuart Horsfield
Hardback
h222 x 144mm - 288pg
9 May 2022 UK
9781801500968
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Espana 82 tells the captivating story of the 1982 World Cup. Following the controversial military-led 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Spain opened its doors to the world and an expanded tournament. Twenty-four teams played 52 games in what would prove to be a fiesta of football. The rain clouds of Buenos Aires were replaced by warm, sultry evenings, and underneath the floodlights the Spanish summer produced a hazy heat that radiated through the TV screen. The greatest players in the world - Zico, Maradona, Platini and Boniek - were all there alongside a host of newcomer nations, including Cameroon and New Zealand. Incident upon incident filled the TV screens accompanied by crackly commentary. Schumacher' s assault on Battiston, Hungry 10-1 El Salvador, West Germany' s conspiratorial 1-0 win over Austria, Kuwait walking off the pitch against France, that Italian victory over Brazil and Marco Tardelli' s iconic schoolboy-inspiring goal celebration. This impressionable ten-year-old boy returns to relive his own greatest World Cup tournament.
Espana 82 is Stuart Horsfield' s second book. He is a senior writer for These Football Times, contributing to their online long-form content and their bi-monthly magazine as well as hosting their Lob podcasts. Stuart' s first book was the Telegraph Sports Book Awards long-listed 1982 Brazil. Stuart' s work has also appeared on The Athletic, No Place Like Home magazine and Futbolista. He is the creator of the What' s the Score? podcast.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781801500968
Published: 9 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pitch Publishing
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 144mm
Pages: 288

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