The History of World Football III: When Football Became More Than a Game (1966–1984)

Football as politics and business!

The third volume in the series covers the exciting period between 1966 and 1984, when football fell under the spell of the god Mammon. You can read about the most shocking events of the era, such as the "furred Bundesliga", the Italian totonero scandal, and the football war (between Honduras and El Salvador), for which the World Cup qualifiers served as a pretext. The volume also presents the 1970 World Cup in Mexico (considered by many to be the best World Cup of all time) and the rise of color broadcasting thanks to satellites. To illustrate the world domination of the sport, there are complete photos, mostly in color, of 160 teams from 46 countries.