GB United?: British Olympic Football and the End of the Amateur Dream

by Steve Menary

Overview

GB United? is the story of the only time that the four parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland managed to settle their differences and play as a team in the Olympic Games. As the book charts the history of a team that played long before the World Cup existed but vanished four decades ago, the story of the lingering death of the amateur ethos in football unfolds. Told through interviews with dozens of players, GB United? is the previously untold history of a team that will reappear again at the London Olympics in 2012 and grab the world's attention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908051325
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/24/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Steve Menary is a writer and journalist. He is a regular contributor to World Soccer and has written for many other sports titles, including When Saturday Comes, FourFourTwo, Backpass, Sport & Society, and All Sports magazine of India. He is also the author of Outcasts! The Lands That FIFA Forgot, which received high praise and was shortlisted for the National Sporting Club's football book of the year award in 2008.