Englischer Fussball

A German's View of Our Beautiful Game

Raphael Honigstein

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Yellow Jersey Press
15 August 2009

Football (Soccer, Association football)

A German's-eye view of our national obsession.

Wembley, 1966.

1-5, Munich, 2001. Mexico '72 and Italy '90.

Bobby Moore and Franz Beckenbauer, Paul Gascoigne and J rgen Klinsmann.

Forty years of hurt, tabloid rabble-rousing and 'Don't mention the war'.

But what do the Germans really think of us? Do they even care?

In Englischer Fussball, respected journalist Raphael Honigstein gives us a German's-eye view of our national game.

Starting with the origin of the modern game in the late nineteenth century, Honigstein traces the development of English football from its public-school origins to the glory years of Ramsey and beyond. Is English football really about manliness, hard work, fair play and a never-say-die attitude? Why is there so little room in our game for individual brilliance? And just why are we so hung up on beating the Germans?

Provocative, incisive and ever topical, Englischer Fussball is a book that explores the difference between how we see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us. From hooligans to sex scandals, Wayne Rooney to Stanley Matthews, it asks what football can teach us about the English national character.

'Honigstein offers a perspective on England's football and its culture that is stimulating and rather fascinating' Observer

By: Raphael Honigstein
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780224080132
ISBN 10: 022408013X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Raphael Honigstein has been covering English football since 1993, currently as a correspondent for the S ddeutsche Zeitung. He lives in London.

Reviews for Englischer Fussball: A German's View of Our Beautiful Game

Enlightening and entertaining... The holy trinity of football, fashion and music has rarely been written about so well and it takes a writer from the borderland between cultures like Honigstein to open our eyes to it * Guardian * Honigstein offers a perspective on England's football and its culture that is stimulating and rather fascinating * Observer * Hugely entertaining * Independent *