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Association Football : World Cup

General Histories
Brian Glanville & Jerry Weinstein : World Cup
(1958 Hale)
David Guiney : The Dunlop Book of the World Cup
(1973 Eastland Press)
Brian Glanville : Sunday Times History of the World Cup
(1973 Times Newspapers)
John Robinson : The FIFA World Cup 1930-1986
(1986 Marksman pb)
Andrew Godsel : The World Cup
(1990 Nimrod)
Ian Morrison : The World Cup - A Complete Record 1930-1990
(1990 Breedon)
Jack Rollin : The Guinness Record of the World Cup 1930-1994
(1994 Guinness pb)
John Robinson : Soccer - The World Cup 1930-1994
(1997 Soccer Book Publishing £11.95)
Gary Lineker & Stan Hey : Gary's Golden Boots - The World Cup's Greatest
Strikers 1930-1998
(1998 Hodder & Stoughton £16.99)

Tournament Commentaries
Switzerland 1954
Ralph Finn : World Cup - A Day by Day Record of the World Cup Soccer Series
(1954 Hamilton pb)

Sweden 1958
John Camkin : World Cup 1958
(1958 Hart-Davis)

Chile 1962
Gordon Jeffery : World Cup '62 - The Report from Chile
(1962 Souvenir)
Donald Saunders : World Cup 1962
(1962 Heinemann)

England 1966
(Ed) Hugh McIIvanney : World Cup '66 (1966 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
Jack Rollin : England's World Cup Triumph
(1966 Davies Books)
Ralph Finn : England, World Champions
(1966 Hale)
Harold Mayes : World Cup Report 1966
(1967 Heinemann)
Sven Simon : Das Tor des Jahrunderts
(1967 Kindler & Schiermeyer, Munich pb)
Martin Tyler : Boys of '66 - The England Team that Won the World Cup Then & Now
(1981 Hamlyn)
David Miller : England's Last Glory - The Boys of '66
(1986 Pavilion)
Roger Hutchinson : It is Now .. The Real Story of England's 1966 Wolrd Cup Triumph
(1995 Mainstream £14.99)
Kenneth Wolstenholme : They Think It's All Over
(1996 Robson £14.95)
David Thomson : 4-2
(1996 Bloomsbury £16.99)

Mexico 1970
Hugh McIlvanney : World Cup '70
(1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
Dave Miller : World Cup 1970
(1970 Heinemann)
Martin Peters : Mexico '70
(1970 Cassell)
Bobby Moore : Moore on Mexico
(1970 Stanley Paul)

West Germany 1974
Phil Evans : Book of the World Cup 1974
(1973 Knight pb)
Allen Wade & Colin E Murphy : A report on the World Cup 1974
(Football Assoc pb)

Argentina 1978
Colin Malam : World Cup Argentina
(1978 Collins pb)
Ken Gallacher : Flowers of Scotland - The Official Book of Scotland's World Cup Squad
(1978 Trustee Savings Bank pb)
Phil Soar : World Cup '78
(1978 Marshall Cavendish)

Spain 1982
Hunter Davies : England ! The 1982 World Cup Squad
(1982 Macdonald)
Gordon Brown & Bill Campbell : The Scotsport Guide to Spain '82
(1982 Mainstream pb)
David Barnes : The Game of the Century - World Cup Spain 1982
(1982 Sidgwick & Jackson)
Phil Soar & Richard Widdows : Spain '82 - The Winningof the World Cup
(1982 Hamlyn)

Mexico 1986
Phil Soar & John Bone : Mexico '86
(1986 Windward)
Peter Dunk : Playfair World Cup - Mexico 1986
(1986 Queen Anne pb)
Julie Welch : The World Cup - Essential Guide to Mexico 1986
(1986 Virgin pb)
Bobby Robson : So Near and yet So Far - Bobby Robson's World Cup Diary 1982-86
(1986 Willow)

Italy 1990
Peter Davies : All Played Out - The Full Story of Italia '90
(1990 Heinemann)
Dixon Blackstock : Italia '90 - Scotland - Five in a Row, the Road to Rome
(1990 Sportsprint pb)
Jack Charlton : Jack Charlton's World Cup Diary
(1990 Macmillan)
Phil Evans : World Cup '90
(1990 Hodder & stoughton pb)
Mary Hunt : There We Were - Italia '90
(1991 Sparrow pb)

USA 1994
Stewart Beckett : The Greatest Show on Earth - World Cup America 1994
(1993 Comprehensive Art Services pb)
Mary Hunt : Here We Go - Republic of Ireland's Route to the World Cup
(1993 Sparrow pb)
Andy Townsend : Andy's Game - The Inside Story of the World Cup
(1994 Stanley Paul pb)
John Sugden & Alan Timlinson : Hosts and Champions - Soccer Cultures, National Identities
& the USA World Cup
(1994 Arena)
Doug Cheesman : This is Soccer - Images of USA '94
(1994 Gollancz pb £9.99)
Gwyn Jenkins : Cwpan Y Byd '94
(1994 Gwasg Carreg Gwalch pb)

France 1998
Peterjon Cresswell & Simon Evans : France '98 - The Rough Guide
(1998 Rough Guides £1.99)
Keir Radnege : World Cup France '98 - The Official Guide
(1998 Carlton £6.99)

Team Studies
Clive Leatherdale : England's Quest for the World Cup - A Complete record
(1984 Methuen)
Clive Leatherdale : Scotland's Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record 195-1986
(1986 John Donald)
Ronnie Hanna : Six Glorious Years 1980-86
(1986 Causeway Press, NI)
Clive Leatherdale : Ireland - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record
of Every Game 1934-94
(1994 Desert Island pb £7.99)
Paul Rowan : The Team That Jack Built
(1994 Mainstream, Eire £12.99)
Alex Ribeiro : Who Won the '94 World Cup ?
(1995 Rivers Int, Brazil pb £6.99)
Graham McColl : Scotland in the World Cup Finals
(1998 Chamelon Books £14.99)
Graham McColl : England - The Alf Ramsey Years
(1998 Chamelon Books £14.99)

Fiction & Humour
Alan Bold : Scotland, yes - World Cup Football Poems
(1978 Harris)
Eric Morecambe & Roddy Bloomfield : Over the Moon .. Sick as a Parrot
(1982 Stanley Paul)
Pele & Herb Resnicow : The World Cup Murder
(1988 Wynwood Press, US) - novel
Arthur Smith & Chris England : An Evening with Gary Leneker
(1992 Warner Chappell) - playscript

READING
Peter Seddon : A Football Compendium
(1995 British Library £60)