The Anatomy of England by Jonathan Wilson

The Anatomy of England by Jonathan Wilson

'MASTERFUL' TimeOut 'GREAT' Financial Times 'ABSORBING' FourFourTwo 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent on Sunday 'ENTERTAINING' When Saturday Comes Having invented the game, everything that has followed for England and its national football team has been something of an anti-climax. There was, of course, the golden summer of 1966, and the great period of English dominance on the world stage, which fell roughly between 1886 and 1900, when England won 35 of their 40 international fixtures. But before long foreign teams, with their insistence on progressive 'tactics', began to pose a few questions. And much of what followed for England constituted a series of false dawns... In THE ANATOMY OF ENGLAND, Jonathan Wilson seeks to place the bright spots in context. Taking ten key England fixtures, Wilson explores how what actually happened on the pitch shaped the future of the English game. Bursting with insight and critical detail, yet imbued with a wry affection, this is a history of England like none before.

A masterful work..it could be the best thing to have happened to English football in years * TIME OUT *
[A] thought-provoking reappraisal of ten key games in England's football history ... this book should be required reading for all future England squads * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Wilson belongs alongside David Goldblatt and the daddy of them all, Brian Glanville, in the triumvirate of great British football historians * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Absorbing in detail...By analysing 10 England matches which sum up the prevailing ethos in the English game, Wilson's forensic examination of events on the bench are lent a broader context and perspective * FOURFOURTWO *
Bursting with insight and critical detail, yet imbued with a wry affection, this is a history of England like none before. * LIVING NORTH *

Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for the Guardian and the founder and editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics was Football Book of the Year in 2009 and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Seven of his other books have been shortlisted for football book of the year and he has also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli in Italy. Angels with Dirty Faces did the double of football book and history book of the year at the Polish Sports Book Awards in 2018. He is a three-time recipient of the FSA Football Writer of the Year award and in 2023 was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Sunderland. He writes for the Guardian and in 2011 founded The Blizzard, which he still edits. He is also the co-presenter of the football history podcast It Was What It Was.

Twitter/X: @jonawils

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ISBN 13	9781409118206
ISBN 10	1409118207
Title	The Anatomy of England
Author	Jonathan Wilson
Series	The Anatomy Of
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2011-05-12
Number of pages	432
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