In The Shadow of Giants

A Heartfelt Journey into the Most Famous Small Fan Bases of European Football

In The Shadow of Giants
Leandro Vignoli
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Paperback
h216 x 138mm - 256pg
10 May 2021 UK
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9781785318870
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What is it like to support a small team in a city where a footballing giant lurks? Leandro Vignoli spent 50 days on the road, getting up close and personal with the fans of 13 football clubs from ten of Europe' s big cities to bring you the inside story. This book isn' t about glitz and glamour - it' s a celebration of each club' s identity peppered with a sprinkling of history. From St Pauli' s social activism to Millwall' s struggle with hooliganism, from Rayo Vallecano' s working-class roots to Torino' s glory and tragedy, from the Catalan identity to East Germany' s socialist past, no stone is left unturned as Vignoli visits teams in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Lisbon, Paris, Turin, Glasgow and London. Each chapter has a game as a backdrop alongside interviews with fans. A football fanatic himself, Vignoli weaves a narrative filled with passion and understanding that gets to the root of what it' s really like to support an underdog side dwarfed by a footballing giant.
Leandro Vignoli was a music editor before moving into sports journalism. He has worked as a reporter at high-profile multi-sports events such as the Pan-Am and Olympic Games, and as a columnist for two FIFA World Cups. In the Shadow of Giants is his first book.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781785318870
Published: 10 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pitch Publishing
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 256

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