"This entertaining, enlightening photo-rich voyage around 100 of Europe’s most fascinating grounds is a great gift for diehard football fans."
While many football-themed books are one-club wonders — i.e. of special interest to supporters of a particular team — Leon Gladwell’s European Football's Greatest Grounds is an endlessly fascinating book for all lovers of the beautiful game. As the author writes in his Introduction, “Football supporters may be fiercely loyal towards their own club’s ground but all will recognise and celebrate a ‘great’ one. In 30 years spent watching football and photographing grounds on the continent, countless conversations with countless fans were had. One question would invariably crop up, ‘What is your favourite football ground?’”
As such, this fabulously photographed guide has broad appeal, but is likely to be especially beloved by list-loving footie fans who adore the thrill of away days and are obsessed with racking up new countries on their match-day destination list.
Taking readers on a journey to 100 remarkable stadia — from Armenia to the Arctic Circle, from stadia with mind-blowing backdrops, to those that seem to defy architectural logic — European Football's Greatest Grounds is also packed with thought-provoking historic and social context. Above all, though, it’s an infectiously passionate, personal ode to the turf and structures that play host to the magic of the matchday experience.
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