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3/3 ...and uses first-hand accounts where possible. I would have welcomed a conclusion to tie it all together and a bibliography, but this is a good, critical introduction to these men's matches that were all about far more than football #sportshistory #StefanoBizzotto #MelvilleHouse

2/3 Bizzotto covers matches that linked to colonial and Cold War crises, civil wars and coups, and stadium disasters across the UK, Austria, Italy, Spain, Chile, the Football War between El Salvador & Honduras, Zaire, and the collapse of Yugoslavia. He links all the matches to their contexts...

2/2 They join up with journalists & the touring Sadler's Wells Ballet company, on board Clydeside-built cargo ship Dotterel. Hugely detailed, with lots of interviews, it's a great adventure that also sheds light on inter-war football's transnational culture. #skystorians #sportshistory chrishunt.biz

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Late shout out for Stan Laurel and Cary Grant.