Library
To build, you must know; to know, you must read.
GULag-approved literature. Suggestions welcomed.
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The GULag Family:
Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: the history of football tactics / godfather
Rinus Michels, Teambuilding: the road to success / actual father
Frit Barend & Henk van Dorp, Ajax Barcelona Cruyff: the ABC of an obstinate maestro / prodigal son
Jimmy Burns, Hand of God: the life of Diego Maradona / Maradona
Jen-Marie Brohm, Le football;, une peste émotionelle / cranky Frankfurt School uncle
Richard Williams, The Perfect 10: football’s dreamers, schemers, playmakers and playboys / silky inlaws various
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To the metropole their tomes:
John Foot, Calcio: a history of Italian football
Phil Ball, Morbo: the story of Spanish football
Geoff Hare, Football in France: a cultural history
David Winner, Brilliant Orange: the neurotic genius of Dutch football
Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger, Tor! The story of German football
Alex Bellos, Futebol: the Brazilian way of life
Marc Bennetts, Football Dynamo: Modern Russia and the people’s game
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What’s more:
Simon Kuper, Football against the Enemy
Simon Kuper, Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War
Jonathan Wilson, Behind the Curtain: travels in Eastern European football
Gavin Newsham, Once in a Lifetime: the extraordinary story of the New York Cosmos
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