num_pages: 274
description: This follow-up to Brilliant The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer is an enchanting love letter to English football ( The Daily Telegraph ). In this playful witty and highly original look at English soccer David Winner author of the acclaimed Brilliant Orange  journeys to the heart of an essential English pastime and sheds new light on the true nature of a rapidly changing game that was never really meant to be beautiful. With the same insightful eye he brought to his bestselling study of Dutch soccer Winner shows how Victorian sexual anxiety underlies Englands many World Cup failures. He reveals the connection between Roy Keane and a soldier who never lived but died in the Charge of the Light Brigade. And he demonstrates how thick mud and wet leather shaped the contours of the English soul. Its neither a history of the game nor a memoir instead exploring the interplay between sport history and national character . . . For thinking fans of the game this is exquisitely pleasurable reading . . . As [Winner] finds acceptance and even fondness for the English game his insight humor warmth and enthusiasm place him in the top echelon of soccer writers.  Booklist (starred review) Thank God for David Winner . . . With an easy wit Winner traces the game back to its roots and the results are as intriguing as they are amusing . . . A marvelous book. Duncan White FourFourTwo
language: English
title: Those Feet: A Sensual History of English Football
publisher: Bloomsbury UK