Jonathan Wilson Bücher

Was Ballkünstler wie Messi oder Ronaldo heute mit ihren Teams auf dem Platz vollbringen, hat mit dem ursprünglichen englischen Kick wenig gemeinsam. Ausgehend von der klassischen Anfangsformation mit nur zwei Verteidigern, revolutionierten berühmte Trainer und Spieler immer wieder die taktische Anlage des Spiels und eröffneten ihm mit dem WM-System, dem Riegel oder der Raute völlig neue Dimensionen. Der englische Fußballexperte Jonathan Wilson beschreibt die taktische Entwicklung des Fußballs in einem intelligenten Buch, das in England begeistert gefeiert und als Fußballbuch des Jahres ausgezeichnet wurde. Ausgestattet mit einem brillanten Schreibstil sowie einem immensen Wissen, liefert Wilson eine fakten- und anekdotenreiche Erklärung dafür, wie der Fußball zu dem wurde, was er heute ist. Wer dieses Buch gelesen hat, weiß, wie er ein Spiel zu lesen hat. Nominiert zum Fußballbuch des Jahres 2011 durch die Deutsche Akademie für Fußballkultur!

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated. The definitive biography of Brian Clough from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramid

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

This new perspective on the desert war challenges conventional explanations for Allied success at El Alamein, one of the most controversial campaigns in British and Commonwealth history. The author studies the campaign using newly discovered sources, plotting a morale crisis and stunning recovery that decisively affected the Eighth Army's performance.

Jonathan Wilson's modern classic on football tactics, now fully updated for its tenth-anniversary edition

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades

The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Berlin Wall

Manchester, 2018: Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho led their teams out to face each other in the 175th Manchester derby. They are first and second in the Premier League, but today only one man can come out on top. It is merely the latest installment in a rivalry that has contested titles, traded insults and crossed a continent, but which can be traced back to a friendship that began almost 25 years ago. Barcelona, late-nineties: Johan Cruyff's 'Dream Team' is disintegrating and the revolutionary manager has departed, but what will come next will transform the future of football. Cruyff's style has changed the game, and given birth to a generation of thinkers: men like Ronald Koeman, Luis Enrique, Laurent Blanc, Frank de Boer, Louis van Gaal, and Cruyff's club captain Pep Guardiola and a young translator, José Mourinho. The Barcelona Legacy is a book in part about tactics, about how the theories that underpin the modern game were forged by Cruyff and his successors, but also about the people and personalities who gathered at the Camp Nou for what was effectively the greatest coaching seminar in history, about their friendships and rivalries and, in one case, an apocalyptic falling out that continues to shape the game today.

Hungary, 1920s. A school emerges from Budapest that becomes one of the most influential in football history. But war follows, and many players and coaches leave, fleeing anti-Semitism.Italty, Argentina, Brazil, 1950s. Hungary's side are unbeatable.How could this happen? In the cities of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire in the years after World War One, football changed. Rising in popularity alongside the rise of a new middle class, these intellectuals brought an academic, mathematical rigor to the discussing not just what was, but what could be.This is the story of football flourishing in Hungary, when professional leagues were established and the game became universally loved across social classes and backgrounds. This is the story of the modern game establishing itself in the hearts of a society blighted by tragedy and famine, a culture that flourished in the shadow of rising fascism and the march toward war.This is the story of this vibrant, tragic era - and how it transformed the game as we know it.