The Complete History of the World Cup Kindle Edition

This is without question the greatest book around covering football's Fifa World Cup! What makes this reference book so impressive is the extensive range of statistics packed between every page! Every single tournament held is featured, beginning with the inaugural competition of 1930 hosted by Uruguay and ending with the 2010 tournament hosted by South Africa exactly eighty years later! All tournament finals come along with detailed information covering every single game played at the World Cup! All group fixtures and those knockout stages, include the crowd attendance figures, all match officials, managers, coaches, team sheets, substitutions, goalscorers and the minute when goal was scored, half-time and full-time scores, a match-by-match analysis, bonus facts, etc. With such a comprehensive guide to football's most prestigious tournament, statistics of the greatest show on earth have now become available in Kindle format! For all football enthusiasts who like to learn everything they can about the beautiful game and possess every fact on the complete history of the Fifa World Cup, then look no further! The Complete History Of The World Cup by Robert Fielder is without a doubt, the most definitive collection of facts on this football tournament and it is the only book you will ever need! Also, priced at less than four pounds, the book is an absolute bargain, so what are you footie fans waiting for?WARNING!This book does not feature any statistics or facts concerning the 2014 World Cup Finals.If they could include those missing details of Brazil 2014, then that would bring this kindle book right up to date.

This is an interesting book but don’t expect modern, quality, colourful presentation. In fact any presentation other than text.

There are a huge number of books out which seek to cover the history of the World Cup. None of them offer the level of depth or detail that this one does. The match reports are exhaustive, thorough and offer a host of little observations which bring the games to life.Of particular note were the tactical elements, offering the formations for every match and explanations of how they were significant in notable games.While the scale is truly epic the exhaustive table of contents makes it easy to navigate and to jump from one game of note to the next.Overall this is a hugely impressive achievement and I'm sure to refer back to it for years to come.

This is the most comprehensive book about the World Cup I have ever read and it really whetted my appetite in the run up to the recent Finals in Brazil. What is most impressive is the level of detail the author provides for the earlier international encounters, seemingly just as comfortable describing a Ferenc Puskas cross as a Lionel Messi dribble. Fielder is clearly a master of his subject and deserves much credit for delivering this outstanding read. I can't wait for the European Championships version!

It is what it is ! As the finals become more recognised so the writing becomes more detailed and longer .It's interesting to see the reasons behind national teams not entering the qualifiers or in the early versions declining to attend . All in all a good appetiser for this year's finals .

The only book I've found that covers every single World Cup match ever played, from the squad selection, formations used and how the game played out. The word 'comprehensive' is bandied around a lot but to describe it as such would be entirely accurate. I'd recommend it to all aficionados of the beautiful game and fellow 'stattos'.

Great book

Nice idea and full of interesting detail but, sadly, needed better proof reading. When a player scores from "30 years out" you know there are issues to say nothing of the "Yugoslav " goalkeeper playing in a game between Czechoslovakia and Northern Ireland. Too many avoidable mistakes to recommend with any conviction.

Eccezionale lavoro di ricerca svolto dall'autore, con un'analisi approfondita di ogni partita giocata nella storia dei Mondiali. Dal punto di vista calcistico è un libro che non può mancare nella collezione di un appassionato.

This book is exactly as advertised on the tin, but what lifts it above it's few competitors in this narrow genre, is the inclusion of every group match. The writing has a freshness to it, as opposed to Glanville's World Cup books which just feel like he uses the same formula for every match report, and just tacks on a new one every 4 years. My only criticism of Fielder's book is a minor stylistic one, I found that having the match stats before the match report interrupted the narrative flow. Maybe they should be placed at the end of each report.A must read for Football fans, if you can read only one World Cup book, make it this one!

Un libro fantástico, que incluye todas las alineaciones, goles, goleador, minuto...y lo que para mí es más importante y lo diferencia del resto, una crónica de todos y cada uno del los partidos, y la descripción de como se produjeron los goles marcados.Una auténtica joya.A fantastic book that includes all alignments, goals, scorer, minute ... and what is most important to me and unlike others, chronicling every one of the matches, and describing as occurred goals scored.An absolute gem.

This author truly did his homework. This is as thorough a history of the World Cup as I've ever seen. He provides detailed summaries of each tournament as well as the games. The book flows like a well-written novel, however. It was hard to put down.