Planet Football: Greatest Fans

Author: Clive Gifford
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Category: Children's, General
Book Format: Hardcover

Awesome facts and stats about the greatest football fans in the world. Find out the lengths some fans will go to to support their team, from following them in home and away games to spending fortunes on club merchandise. Find out about club superstitions and traditions, such as who started the first Mexican wave. What mad mascots are there and how did they come about? Who are Super Rat, Berni, Goleo and Fuleco? Which country has the best club chants? Sing along to a few of them.Some 'fan'-tastic facts include:- Real Madrid sold 1.5million replica shirts in the 2013-2014 season.- German club, FC Magdeburg, fans all held up large arrows which they pointed at the goal to encourage their players to score more.- 2,300 FC Union fans, repainted their stadium to save their club money.Answer quiz questions such as:'Which English football club has a mascot called Gunnersaurus Rex?Which country's prime minister was such a big football fan that he declared a national holiday after their national team won a tournament?Which Italian club sold cans of air taken from inside its stadium?Whether you're an armchair fanatic or a player, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about the planet's greatest fans right here!

Table Of Contents
1: Football Fans;

2: Kitted Out;

3: Home and Away;

4: The Matchday Experience;

5: Superstitions and Traditions;

6: Mad Mascots;

7: Competition Mascots;

8: Derby Games;

9: Sporting Souvenirs;

10: Football Fanatics;

11: Chants Around the World;

12: Funny Football Chants;

13: Good Fun Fans;

14: Quiz;

15: Index
About Clive Gifford
Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk

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SKU BK-9780750295734
Barcode # 9780750295734
Brand Hachette Children's Group
Artist / Author Clive Gifford
Shipping Weight 0.4000kg
Shipping Width 0.210m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.270m
Assembled Length 26.670m
Assembled Height 0.760m
Assembled Width 21.340m
Type Hardcover

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