Buy this book on-line INGLIS,SIMON**: : The Football Grounds of Europe.**LONDON.COLLINS,WILLOW,1990. ISBN 0002183056.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner
inscrptn,but price-clipped to dw/dj with residue of publisher's price label to bottom of front,inner flap.Colour scenic photographic dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear
and negligible creasing to edges with no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges near
pristine,likewise for contents.Plain,black
paper-covered bds with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate, plain white eps.8vo (approx 10" tall x 7.50" tall),6-288pp includes title+half-title pages,contents list, author intro;profuse b/w+colour photographs throughout,1pp biblio and an index.
Every four years the FIFA World Cup provides an opportunity for host nations to indulge in what one critic described as
'structural exhibitionism'.'The Football Grounds of Europe' is a celebration of this phenomenon.Beginning with the twelve venues chosen for the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Simon Inglis takes us on a grand tour around the great and lesser-known theatres of the game, from Rome to Reykjavik and from Lisbon to Leningrad. Casting his critical eye over the stands and terraces which have held millions of spectators since the beginnings of modern football, the author delves into the history and design of the football ground,
tracing en route not only its architectural development and its place in
the sporting and social milieu, but also the colour and excitement of foreign places.
Extensively illustrated with both archival and modern photographs, the book features over 150 grounds,including every major World Cup and club venue from thirty-three countries,all of them visited
by the author in the course of a 51,000-mile journey.The text highlights the main features of modern stadium design, particularly the need for increased levels
of safety and comfort at the most popular venues.Yet despite the technological advances and commercial realities which have transformed the construction of modern stadiums,the author argues that there still remains an important role for the small neighbourhood ground.As both a supporter and football writer, Simon Inglis has already written one definitive work on the subject,'The Football grounds of Great Britain'.His new book broadens our horizons still further.It is an essential and unique aid to our enjoyment and appreciation of the World Cup and indeed of all European football for the 1990's.
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