White Storm100 Years of Real Madrid by Ball Phil

White Storm100 Years of Real Madrid by Ball Phil

Real Madrid have won 28 league titles, eight European cups, 12 Spanish cups, two UEFA cups and two World Cup Championship titles since the beginning of the 20th century. The clubs story however, is much more than the mere sum of its achievements. There have been legends at every step, and behind the shine of trophies there is the darker side of the club's association with fascism - its role as the pure white ambassador to Franco's jackbooted vision of a centralized Spain. This volume divides the clubs history into six distinct periods - from its founations, through the war years, to the golden period of Di Stefano and Puskas; the "hippie years"; the "Quinta del Buitre" (Butragueno's Gang) and ending with the modern period which dates from the contemporary embodiment of Madridismo - Raul.

'Excellent.. Phil Ball has written nothing less than a guide to Spanish life' Observer 'A fascinating book, full of politics and culture as well as football' The Independent 'Lively, entertaining, perceptive and well informed' Sunday Times

Phil Ball is the author of the celebrated Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football and writes for When Saturday Comes. He lives in Spain.

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ISBN 13	9781840186345
ISBN 10	1840186348
Title	White Storm100 Years of Real Madrid
Author	Ball Phil
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2002-10-07
Number of pages	224
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