Magical Magyars
The Rise and Fall of the World's Once Greatest Football Team
Seiten
2019
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78531-544-2 (ISBN)
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78531-544-2 (ISBN)
The story of the Magical Magyars is one of the most remarkable in football history. Author David Bailey details how a tiny, beleaguered nation under the rule of a brutal Stalinist dictatorship produced a team that enthralled, dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind.
Magical Magyars tells the remarkable story of the legendary Hungarian football team of the 50s, a side whose breathtaking technical skills and passing-and-movement style of play changed the very way the sport was played. Author David Bailey traces the team's origins and details how communist Hungary, a tiny nation impoverished and subjugated by one of the most brutal Stalinist regimes in the Soviet empire, was able to produce a football team that was the envy of the sporting world, and so very nearly world champions. Captained by the genius that was Ferenc Puskas, the Magical Magyars walked a tightrope between being the regime's darlings and providing the beleaguered Hungarian people with a sense of national pride during their darkest days. The team enthralled, dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind. Weaving in threads of friendship and betrayal, tactics and politics, the quest for glory and upheaval, here is a football story quite unlike any other.
Magical Magyars tells the remarkable story of the legendary Hungarian football team of the 50s, a side whose breathtaking technical skills and passing-and-movement style of play changed the very way the sport was played. Author David Bailey traces the team's origins and details how communist Hungary, a tiny nation impoverished and subjugated by one of the most brutal Stalinist regimes in the Soviet empire, was able to produce a football team that was the envy of the sporting world, and so very nearly world champions. Captained by the genius that was Ferenc Puskas, the Magical Magyars walked a tightrope between being the regime's darlings and providing the beleaguered Hungarian people with a sense of national pride during their darkest days. The team enthralled, dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind. Weaving in threads of friendship and betrayal, tactics and politics, the quest for glory and upheaval, here is a football story quite unlike any other.
David Bailey is an Englishman who lives and works in Budapest. Magical Magyars is his first book.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.01.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Hove |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 546 g |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78531-544-7 / 1785315447 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78531-544-2 / 9781785315442 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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