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The World Cup, the greatest and most popular sporting event in history. What started as a small amateur tournament in 1930, grew to a gargantuan professional one that is now watched by billions globally. This book documents every World Cup game ever played at every tournament. Yes, that does include the Women's World Cup. Every single game covered, each with its own mini-commentary (some games get big mini-commentaries), from 1930 to 2023. Not only does this book cover every single World Cup game played, but it is also crammed with stats, trivia and a ton of stories. Major and minor incidents looked at, with hundreds upon hundreds of amazing World Cup facts along the way. Such as the World Cup qualifying match that sparked an actual war. Which World Cup had a group stage with only two teams in a group and why? What legendary and Oscar-winning film composer wrote a World Cup song? Unbelievable stories of mass brawls breaking out between teams in the dressing rooms and neo-Nazi pitch invasions. And funny yarns such as the time Jimmy Greaves caught a dog invader mid-match. All while being peppered with my usual snarky humour and witty observations. Stories of proven bribery, corruption, death threats and even murder. World Cup champions that really didn't deserve to win and hosts that didn't even get the winning votes to host. Controversies galore as I look at some of the messier aspects of the World Cup and FIFA, even before Sepp Blatter and Qatar (also including Sepp Blatter and Qatar). My opinions on some amazing goals, like Maradona's one from the England vs Argentina match during Mexico '86, to cheap and cheating goals, like Maradona's one from the England vs Argentina match during Mexico '86. Perhaps the most complete and comprehensive book ever written about the World Cup and certainly one with a good sense of humour and not just stats and information... though there still will be several ton-loads of stats and information. With more than 333,000 words. Just for perspective, Tolstoy's War & Peace had 500,000 words and that was utter s**t, no World Cup in it at all.

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