Football

Hornby, Hugh

£9.99

From World Cup winners and champions past and present to football skills and techniques, this is the perfect guide for any football fan who wants to know everything about the ‘beautiful game’. Action-packed photographs help you relive moments of glory, while record breakers and national team profiles are listed for quick-fire mastery of famous football history. Results from recent tournaments, including the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 and the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022, bring you up to date with football facts. Club shirts and memorabilia are pictured from years gone by, as well as the shining trophies you still see today. Bite-sized biographies of well-known players fill you in on those important details needed to impress. You can also read up on tricky tactics, freshen up your football skills knowledge, and get to grips with the science and technology behind the game in this updated edition.

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Publish Date: 01/06/2023

Description

Packed with stunning photography, Eyewitness Football is the perfect guide for any football fan who wants to know everything about the “beautiful game”.

Become an eyewitness to world cup winners and champions past and present in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a tour of the beautiful game. Children will love reading about tricky tactics, freshening up on football skills knowledge, and getting to grips with the science and technology behind the game.

This fact-packed football guide for children aged 9+ includes bite-sized biographies of well-known players – from Lionel Messi to Zinedine Zidane – to fill you in on those important details needed to impress, as well as club shirts and memorabilia pictured from years gone by and the shining trophies you still see today. Action-packed photographs help you relive moments of glory, while record breakers and national team profiles are listed for quick-fire mastery of famous football history

Throughout the pages of this Football guide, you can expect to find:

– A fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new “eyewitness” feature.
– Amazing facts, updated diagrams, statistics, and timelines.
– Brand new eyewitness accounts from experts in the field.

Eyewitness Football introduces the ultimate guide for footie fans everywhere. Stay up to date with results from recent tournaments, including the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 and the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022, bringing you up to speed with impressive football facts. This all-encompassing guide to football is a must-have for curious children aged 9+ with a thirst for learning, as well as teachers, parents and librarians.

So, what’s new?

Part of DK’s best-selling Eyewitness series, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, up to 20 percent new images, including photography and updated diagrams, updated information, and a new “eyewitness” feature with fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.

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Additional information

Weight 623 g
Dimensions 288 × 224 × 12 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

72

Language

English

Edition

Revised edition

Dewey

796.334 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K