The penalty kick : the story of a gamechanger
McCrum, Robert2024
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In 1891, a contentious new measure against an excess of foul play, Rule 13, was proposed to the FA by an amateur goalkeeper from County Armagh. 'The Irishman's Motion' modernised the world's most popular game. Today - in the shootout - Rule 13 continues to influence the sport through its astonishing psychological grip on our imaginations. A tale of sportsmanship, chance and obsession, 'The Penalty Kick' explores both the addiction of risk, and a doomed father-son relationship that could have been torn from the pages of a late-Victorian novel, inspired by the edgy, ruthless and egalitarian spirit of Northern Ireland.
Main title:
The penalty kick : the story of a gamechanger / Robert McCrum.
Author:
McCrum, Robert, author
Imprint:
Kendal : Notting Hill Editions, 2024.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm
ISBN:
9781912559572 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.33409796.334
Language:
English
BRN:
2936177
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