Rab MacWilliam

Cuenta la extraordinaria historia del desarrollo del fútbol europea a lo largo de los 125 últimos años, desde sus humildes comienzos en Inglaterra y Escocia hasta la deslumbrante Liga de Campeones que hoy siguen millones de espectadores de todo el mundo.

Stoke Newington has long been one of Londons most intriguing and radical areas. Famous residents included Daniel Defoe, Mary Wollstonecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, and it was home to a variety of religious dissenting groups, such as Puritans, Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians and Quakers. In more recent years, it was associated with the Kray Twins, the Angry Brigade and the Provisional IRA, as well as with a range of creative individuals including Harold Pinter, Paul Foot and Marc Bolan.Today, the neighbourhood is inhabited by a richly eclectic blend of nationalities and cultures. It is a home for inner-city dwellers of all types, from writers and artists to musicians, journalists and actors. Its appeal has led to its contemporary gentrification, making it a rather different place to the somewhat down-at-heel neighbourhood of the 1960s and 1970s.This book reveals, through anecdote, historical fact and cultural insight, how this often perverse, argumentative yet tolerant village has become todays fashionable and desirable Stoke Newington.

The Real Madrid Handbook is an entertaining compendium of fascinating facts, quotes, games, stories, personalities and trivia from the biggest club team on the planet. Rab MacWilliam traces the clubs history from the early 20th century years, through its progress in the domestic cup and league, the Republic, the Spanish Civil War and the repressive authoritarian aftermath. He relates how the stunning success in European football in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s was one of the factors which helped to ease Spain's integration into Europe and examines the clubs rise to become one of the most skilful and dominant countries in the European and, indeed, the global game over the last thirty years.Fascinating, informative, irreverent and insightful, The Real Madrid Handbook is the perfect guide to the history of this extraordinary club.

Campos de gloria, senderos dorados cuenta la extraordinaria historia del de sarrollo del fútbol europeo, des de sus humildes comienzos en Inglate rra y Es cocia hasta la deslumbrante Liga de Campeones que hoy siguen millones de espectadores de todo el mundo. Kevin Connolly y Rab MacWilliam analizan co mo, gradualmente, los equipos continentales alcanza ron y acabaron superando a sus maestros britanicos. Los autores, ademas de ofrecer multitud de anecdotas y datos interesantes, explican la evolucion de los equipos que modelaron el futbol europeo, desde el Arsenal de Herbert Chapman hasta el Real Madrid de Alfredo Di Stefano , el Ajax de Johan Cruyff , el Bayern de Beckenbauer y el Milan de Sacchi . Evaluan a los grandes equipos internacionales que han surgido a lo largo de los años, como la Italia de Pozzo , los Magiares Magicos de Puskas , la Na ranja Mecanica ... Destacan a algunos jugadores excepcionales, los que re volucionaron el futbol, desde Jo han Cruyff, el primer futbolista to tal , a Franz Beckenbauer, el futbolista que invento la posicion de libero, pa sando por mi tos como Best, Platini, Van Basten y Zidane. Campos de gloria, senderos dorados es un libro tan do cumentado como entretenido, adecuado para futboleros de todas las edades, para los hinchas mas entusiastas y para los espectadores de sofa. Un lujo.