Over the Line
eBook - ePub

Over the Line

A History of the England v Germany Football Rivalry

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Over the Line

A History of the England v Germany Football Rivalry

About this book

The history of the fierce football rivalry between England and Germany is encapsulated in a single moment - Geoff Hurst's extra-time shot off the crossbar in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final and the decision of an infamous Russian linesman to award a goal. It is a rivalry that now spans more than 90 years since the first official match between the two nations. For the English, a series of high-profile defeats at major tournaments saw Germany become the Angstgegner on the field, as well as an enduring obsession for the national press. For Germans, Wembley still represents the home of football, where the memories of 1966 have been supplanted by numerous successes and the appropriation of the English anthem 'football's coming home'. The rivalry has long crossed the lines of the football field, with the two nations at various moments forced to admire and learn from each other, and with football encounters between England and Germany repeatedly marking important developments in a unique and ever-changing political and cultural relationship.

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eBook ISBN
9781801503273
Edition
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. List of Matches
  7. 1. Rivals
  8. 2. Strange it All Seems
  9. 3. Political Football
  10. 4. Triumph and Disaster
  11. 5. White Heat
  12. 6. Going the Distance
  13. 7. The Nimbus of Invincibility
  14. 8. From the Depths of Space
  15. 9. Angstgegner
  16. 10. Football Comes Home
  17. 11. Fear and Loathing
  18. 12. Worlds Apart
  19. 13. Touching Me, Touching You
  20. Statistical Appendix
  21. Bibliography
  22. Photos