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Inverting The Pyramid

The History of Soccer Tactics

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By Jonathan Wilson

Read by Damian Lynch

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Aug 6, 2024
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Hachette Audio
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9781668645055

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The classic history of soccer tactics— “masterful” and “deliciously nerdy” (Time Out)  

In this modern classic, soccer journalist Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world’s game, tracing the global history of tactics from modern pioneers right back to the beginning, when chaos reigned. Along the way, he examines the lives of great players and thinkers who shaped the sport and probes why the English, in particular, have proved themselves unwilling to grapple with the abstract.

Fully revised and updated, this fifteenth-anniversary edition analyzes the evolution of modern international football, including the 2022 World Cup, charting the influence of the great Spanish, German and Portuguese tacticians of the last decade whilst pondering the effects of football’s increased globalization and commercialization.

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Soccer

Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for The Guardian and the cohost of the football history podcast It Was What It Was. He has written thirteen books, including Inverting the Pyramid, and is the founder and editor of The Blizzard. He lives in London. 

  • “A wonderful and comprehensive treatment of this important topic. Make sure to secure the revised and updated edition, of course.”
    Stan Veuge, Senior Fellow, Economic Policy, American Enterprise Institute

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Jonathan Wilson

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Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for The Guardian and the cohost of the football history podcast It Was What It Was. He has written thirteen books, including Inverting the Pyramid, and is the founder and editor of The Blizzard. He lives in London. 

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