Stamping Grounds

Download or Read eBook Stamping Grounds PDF written by Charlie Connelly and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stamping Grounds
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Publisher : Abacus
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780349141121
ISBN-13 : 0349141126
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Book Synopsis Stamping Grounds by : Charlie Connelly

Book excerpt: STAMPING GROUNDS follows the Liechtenstein national football team through their defeat-strewn qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. Drawn in a group with Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria and mighty Spain, it was hard to see the principality's part-time players scoring even one goal, never mind adding to its meagre international points total. So what motivates a nation of 30,000 people and eleven villages to keep plugging away despite the inevitability of defeat? Travelling to all of Liechenstein's qualifying matches, Charlie Connelly examines what motivates a team to take the field dressed proudly in the shirts of Liechtenstein despite the knowledge that they are, with notably few exceptions, in for a damn good hiding. Sampling the delights of Liechtenstein's capital, Vaduz, such as the Postage Stamp Museum, the State Art Museum and, er, the Postage Stamp Museum again, Connelly provides an evocative and witty account of the land where every year on National Day the sovereign invites the entire population into his garden for a glass of wine.


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