An Armchair Fan's Guide to the Qatar World Cup by Jon Berry

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An Armchair Fan's Guide to the Qatar World Cup by Jon Berry

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Summary

Qatar's successful bid for the World Cup shocked the football world. How could such a place stage football's premier tournament? Armchair Guide gets underneath the noise, taking a sideways look at everything from human rights to the cost of a pint at the game.

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An Armchair Fan's Guide to the Qatar World Cup by Jon Berry

Zurich, 2 December 2010: FIFA president Sepp Blatter pulls the name Qatar from the envelope to reveal the hosts of the 2022 World Cup. The accusations fly and the recriminations start. But once it's all sunk in, we start to look at maps and temperature charts, and try to scrape together fragments of knowledge about kingdoms in the Arabian desert. The Armchair Guide looks beyond the myths and preconceptions to provide the average fan with sound information about what a World Cup in the desert might look like. Was the bidding process corrupt? How many people actually did die building stadiums? How hot will it be? Can I go there with my mates and have a drink anywhere? What will the legacy be - both in the region and for the global game? The Armchair Guide takes a light-hearted, sideways look at the tournament, using stories from within and beyond the game to cover everything about the 2022 Winter World Cup. Although the book can't claim to pick a winner, it goes some way to shedding light on football's place in a changing world.

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Jon Berry has written two football books. Hugging Strangers charts the lows and lowers of supporting a team of perennial non-achievers. Project Restart looks at how teams from the Prem to the parks dealt with lockdown and its aftermath. His work is characterised by a humorous, sideways look at the game but, as befits an academic who also writes about politics and education, is always impeccably researched.

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ISBN 13 9781801503723
ISBN 10 1801503729
Title An Armchair Fan's Guide to the Qatar World Cup
Author Jon Berry
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year published 2022-09-22
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.