{"product_id":"9781473661806","title":"Going to the Match: The Passion for Football : The Perfect Gift for Football Fans","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hamilton, Duncan, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 22\/08\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hodder Paperback,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Memoirs, Sports teams \u0026amp; clubs, Sporting venues, History of sport, Football \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781473661806\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there. Hamilton embarks on a richly entertaining, exquisitely crafted journey through football.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlory game or grass roots, England v Slovenia or Guiseley v Hartlepool, he delves beneath the action to illuminate the stories which make the sport endlessly compelling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlong the way he marvels at present-day titans Harry Kane, Mo Salah, Kevin De Bruyne and Paul Pogba, reflects on sepia-tinted magicians Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton and Pele, and assesses managerial giants from Brian Clough and Jose Mourinho to Arsene Wenger and Gareth Southgate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe odyssey takes Hamilton from Fleetwood to Berlin, via Glasgow and a Manchester derby, making detours into art, cinema, literature and politics as he explores the game's ever-changing culture and character.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result, like the L.S. Lowry painting that inspired the book, is a football masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021727039641,"sku":"9781473661806","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781473661806.jpg?v=1594317884","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781473661806","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}