![]() If only every book about football in other countries (Spain, Italy, Holland, France) was written more like this one then they'd be improved. This is a brilliant book about German football, the chapter about the naming of German teams is worth the money alone. My verdict - This book is an essential reading for all German football fans. ![]() Also it would have been better to devote chapters to specific clubs such as Gladbach, Dortmund, Bayern, etc to describe their contribution to the German football history and legacy. There were many interesting characters that deserves a deeper coverage. Often these story lines are told parallely but he often gets ahead of himself and get the time lines mixed up.Īlso it would been much better to devote separate chapters on the key personalities and do them justice rather than describe them in passing. His plot revolves around the history of Bundesliga, the national team and some key personalities. On the flip side, he could have done a better job in telling the story line. Even though the scope is wide, he does an admirable job in telling a riveting story. He also covers some of the major personalities of the game - not just players but also coaches and administrators. Hesse also traces the history of Bundesliga as well as the national team's successes and failures. He does a wonderful job in narrating the complete history of German football and also kindly takes time to explain some peculiar aspect of it such as the clubs' naming conventions, ownership rules, etc, which is very useful for non-German speaking readers. Uli Hesse writes with passion and it helps that he's a football fan so the prose is never dry or dull. This book covers the history of German football right from the very beginning and includes the 2006 World Cup held in Germany (for the revised version). It is rare to find a good and unbiased source on German football history in English and Uli Hesse's book is indeed a gift for the fans of German football who don't speak the language.
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