Europe United : one football fan, one crazy season, fifty-five UEFA nations
Walker, Matt2020
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'Europe United' follows Matt Walker's unprecedented challenge to experience top-division football in all 55 UEFA countries in a single season. In June 2017, Matt said farewell to his job, surrendered his Fulham FC season ticket and set off for Georgia, the first stop on his mission. He would end his adventure eleven months later in Montenegro, having conquered the continent and captured the imagination of its sporting media. His epic journey would pose its challenges. Yet no amount of airport confusion in Iceland, unusual betting activity in Latvia, spectator bans in Albania, disturbances in Kosovo or ropey breakfast buffets in Moldova would make Matt miss a matchday. And then there were the games themselves: showcasing the full spectrum of footballing theatre, from the truly sublime to the utterly ridiculous.
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Author:
Walker, Matt, author
Imprint:
London : riverrun, 2020.
Collation:
454 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.
ISBN:
9781787476134 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.334094
Language:
English
BRN:
1183878
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