Football Freaking

Surreal Sums Behind the Beautiful Game

Gary Rimmer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2006
Icon Books (Verlag)
978-1-84046-753-6 (ISBN)

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Did you know that Estonia once managed to beat Scotland without even turning up? That the Cote d'Ivoire has the most expensive team? And why Dutch defender Winston Bograde is paid twice what Real Madrid pays Beckham, Ronaldo and Zidane combined?

Gary Rimmer's unique Number Freaking technique unearths the real truth behind the beautiful game. Discover:

How many German police officers await each England fan in 2006
Which club has opened a chain of themed restaurants in China
How many free condoms are given out during a game
Who is worth more per gramme: Michael Ballack or cocaine?
How many cows a football fan consumes each year

- and much, much more. From which German football stadium has the most comfy seats to the cup that was hidden in an Italian shoebox, Gary Rimmer presents the essential guide to everything you never needed to know about football.

Gary Rimmer is a journalist, author and film and television producer. As well as writing for the national press he has contributed to magazines ranging from Time Out to the British Medical Journal.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2006
Verlagsort	Duxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fußball
ISBN-10	1-84046-753-3 / 1840467533
ISBN-13	978-1-84046-753-6 / 9781840467536
Zustand	Neuware