Ebook: 1966 and Not All That

A unique 50th anniversary collection of superlative writing and new football thinking. A first-ever oral history of '66 combined with match reports provided by writers from each of the countries England played, create a highly original view of the tournament - how the fans watched the games, the stadia, the newspaper and TV reporting are each revisited. The politics, music and fashion of '66 are examined too, exploring the forces of fan resistance in England and Germany that have found common cause in opposition to the corporate take over of the game, as well as the entirely new ranking system that calculates England's fall, and occasional rise, from 1966 to 2016, showing who has overtaken England and why.;Title; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; The Not All That Mark Perryman; Pre-Match; A People's History of 1966 Amy Lawrence; They Thought It Was All Over Mark Perryman; Introducing the England 1966 Squad Asif Burhan; Meet the 1966 Teams Joe Kennedy; Kick-Off; This is England '66 Richard Weight; When Saturdays Came John Williams; Stanley Rous, fifa and the Making of a World Cup Alan Tomlinson; The German Außenseiter Claus Melchior; Match Reports: Group Stage Games; Uruguay vs England Leonardo Haberkorn; Mexico vs England Carlos Calderón Cardoso; France vs England Philippe Auclair; First Half.