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FC Barcelona On This Day History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
By Max Wadsworth
Key features
• Brings to life FC Barcelona’s fascinating history with a day-to-day account of major events, anecdotes and characters • Revisits the club’s greatest achievements and records, providing countless statistics and facts • Features player signings and birthdays, coach appointments and sackings, match and goal milestones, plus quirky facts and figures on players and coaches alike • Holds biographies of the club’s most memorable players and coaches, including their goals and games record, honours and contribution to FC Barcelona’s proud history • Publicity campaign planned including radio, newspapers, websites, podcasts and magazines Description
FC Barcelona On This Day revisits the most magical and memorable moments from the club’s glorious past, mixing in a maelstrom of anecdotes and characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of one of the most dominant clubs of modern times – with an entry for every day of the year. From its formation in 1899 to the trials and tribulations of growth, the hard-fought El Clasico derbies against Real Madrid, European glory in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s to the current juggernaut that brushes all comers aside – it’s all here. The club’s all-time greats, including Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Ronaldinho, all loom large, as do their most famous coaches – Johan Cruyff, Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola. Revisit 20 May 1992 when the club won its first ever European Cup, 15 January 1939 when the club was forced to change its name under Francoism, 8 December 1899 when Barcelona played their first ever match against a group of Englishmen, and 28 March 1954 when the construction of the Nou Camp started in front of 60,000 fans.
Details
Trade Orders to: Publication: 19 July 2021 Price: £14.99 Macmillan Distribution (MDL), ISBN 13: 9781785317903 Cromwell Place, International Business Park, Format: 222mm x 144mm Lime Tree Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8YJ Binding: Hardback Extent: 256 pages Telephone: 01256 302692 Category: Football Email: [email protected]