Unofficial Football World Champions by Paul Brown
Superelastic, ISBN 9780956227027, Paperback, RRP £7.99

“A fascinating history of football. Five stars.” – FourFourTwo

Unofficial Football World Champions traces football’s alternative championships from the very first international match in 1872 via more than 800 title matches, involving legendary teams and footballing minnows, classic finals and forgotten friendlies, celebrated players and unsung heroes.

Available now from good bookshops, including Amazon:
UK: Amazon.co.uk ; US: Amazon.com
Canada: Amazon.ca; Germany: Amazon.de; Austria Amazon.at
France: Amazon.fr; Italy: Amazon.it; Spain: Amazon.es
Japan: Amazon.co.jp (English) / (Japanese Edition)
Also available on Kindle, iPhone, iPad, PC and Android

From the jacket:

“Who are the Unofficial Football World Champions? We know who the official champions are, but the World Cup only comes around every four years, and didn’t get started until international football was almost 60 years old. The official tournament only scratches the surface of international football.

Luckily, there’s an unofficial alternative. Its amazing story involves legendary teams and footballing minnows, classic finals and forgotten friendlies, celebrated players and unsung heroes. Unofficial Football World Champions reveals international football’s real champions and offers up a fresh perspective on the greatest game in the world.”

This official UFWC book tells the full story of the unofficial competition, from the very first international match in 1872 right through to 2011. In addition, the book contains a password allowing readers to access exclusive updates and content here at www.ufwc.co.uk.

You can read an extract from the book here.

Reviews:

“The UFWC title is decided on a ‘winner stays on’ basis, going back to the first ever international in 1872. Analysing classic title matches, from 1966 and all that to Zimbabwe 2-0 Angola in 2005, it becomes a fascinating history of football. *****” – FourFourTwo

“Once you begin reading the book it’s easy to to lose yourself and before you know it you’ve travelled through 138 years of international football. A refreshing and informative, yet incredibly entertaining read.” – Chris Faulkner, Late Tackle

“Not only does ‘Unofficial Football World Champions’ present a version of how the game historically developed in an informative and entertaining fashion, it is one of the most well researched and written football books to be released in recent years. No ranking system is required to confirm that this essential and fascinating book won’t be bettered for a long time. And that is official.” – Chris Ledger, Obscure Music and Football

“It is a great read and one for any football fan. Brown’s writing style is one based on humour and that helps making a potentially dry factual book into one that is a compelling journey. We award this FIFA 5 stars!” – Stuart Fuller, The Ball Is Round

“Essential reading for anyone with an interest in international football. A history of football that doesn’t just celebrate the giants but offers a moment of often unwitting glory to any nation that plays the game.” – Andrew Coyle, STV Sport

Japanese edition:

A Japanese language edition of Unofficial Football World Champions was published in August 2011 by Asuka Shinsha. It features all of the content from the English edition in translation, plus extra content specially written for Japan. It’s available from all good bookshops in Japan, including Amazon.co.jp.

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