Book: Fifa 192: The True Story Behind The Legend Of The Brunei Darussalam National Football Team This is the true story behind the legend of the Brunei Darussalam National Football Team, almost but not quite, the worst international team in the world. Stanley Park, the alter ego of a desperate and disillusioned sporting romantic abroad, needs the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team of world soccer to bring him financial and moral salvation. Set in the alien cultural maelstrom of a near-bankrupt and comically corrupt Islamic despotism, Stanley's travails as the teams media manager illuminate football for what it truly is: a spherical, hand-stitched universe of heaven and hell. Kick or be kicked is football's moral imperative. A true Scouser, armed only with a yellow anorak and a war cry of "Giblets," Stanley Park's fight for justice in Brunei is a veritable sporting Jihad. "Better than Fever Pitch: more balls, more laughs, more giblets. The universal truths of football as uniquely revealed by Stanley Park." --Brian Reade, U.K.'s #1 sports columnist, The Daily Mirror
Details of Book: Fifa 192: The True Story Behind The Legend Of The Brunei Darussalam National Football Team Book: Fifa 192: The True Story Behind The Legend Of The Brunei Darussalam National Football Team
Author: Stanley Park
ISBN: 1581125089
ISBN-13: 9781581125085
, 978-1581125085
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 15092004
Publisher: Universal Publishers
Number of Pages: 292
Language: English