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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Foot, John, 1964- Winning at all costs. New York : Nation Books, ©2007 (DLC) 2009293629 (OCoLC)148917550 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Foot |
ISBN: | 9781568586526 1568586523 |
OCLC Number: | 608609088 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 594 pages) : illustrations, map |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Table of Figures; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 -- Calcio and Football. Origins and Early History: 1880-1929; The first kicks; Pioneers; James Richardson Spensley; The first championship; Paleo-calcio. Rules, Managers, Foreigners, Sundays; Spensley and the Reign of Genoa, 1898-1904; The big teams are born. Juventus, Milan, Internazionale, Torino; L'ltalia. The National Team and the Reading Tour; Calcio and World War One; Running the Game. The Italian Football Federations. Splits and Reunions; Violence and Fans. The early years. Revolution. Viareggio's 'red days' of 1920Early Games. Ropes, Nets and Fields; Amateurs and Professionals; The first manager. The odyssey of William Garbutt; Fans and History; From Lions to bankruptcy. The rise and fall of Pro Vercelli; The First Scandal. The Rosetta Case; Fascism and Football; The first 'theft'. Bologna, Genoa and the 1925 playoff final; The referees' strike of 1925 and the first 'suspicions'; The Viareggio Charter. Calcio's constitution; The inauguration which changed Italy; Calcio and Italian capitalism; From calcio to football. A mass sport is born. CHAPTER 2 -- The RefereeHunt the Ref! Akkiappa L'Arbitro!; Referees as a 'virtuous minority'; Rules, Laws and the Italian Referee; Corruption, Suspicion, Legitimation; 'Psychological slavery'. Big and small clubs; Choosing Referees. 'Designators', Draws, Secrets; Watchgate; Bribing Referees. Cheques and more watches; At the sharp end. Violence against referees; The Prince of Referees. Concetto Lo Bello; Trial by Slow-Motion. Italian Referees and the Moviola; The Great Robberies. Penalties, Disallowed Goals, Sendings-off; Fair Play? Luciano Gaucci and Jay Bothroyd, Perugia 2004. Breaking the Mould? Pierluigi CollinaCHAPTER 3 -- Teams and Cities: Turin; The Old Lady. Juventus; Calamity. Superga. 4 May 1949; Superga. Football tragedy as a shrine, or as a tourist attraction? 1949-2004; The Myth; The Filadelfia Story. From Fortress to Ruin; The Filadelfia Story. Reconstruction, Promises, Ruins; CHAPTER 4 -- Teams and Cities: Milan, Rome, Genoa, Florence, Naples; Milan. Moral Capital and Football Capital; Internazionale; Great Inter (Grande Inter); Not so Great Inter. You Never win! The psychodrama of the Interisti since 1989; Milan. From humiliation to domination. Rome. Occasional football capitalGenoa. On the Margins; The Provinces. Bologna, Cagliari, Verona; Naples. The Longest Wait; The King. Maradona and Napoli. 1984-1991; Napoli's success and DAMM; The Party. 1987; Drugs, scandals and the end of the Maradona fable; After Maradona. The long decline of Napoli; Disintegration; CHAPTER 5 -- At the Back. Defenders and Defensive Football in Italy; The Defensive Mentality; Catenaccio. Football, Italian style; Real catenaccio. From Switzerland to Italy; Real catenaccio in Italy. Cipo Viani and beyond; Sweepers Old and New. The Great Inter and beyond. |
Other Titles: | Calcio |
Responsibility: | John Foot. |
Abstract:
For the legions of American Soccer fans, the first book to expose the violence, conspiracies, heartbreaks and big business machinations of the game-and the country it is inextricably linked with, Italy, the World Cup Winner, 2006.
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