![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout the book, football is set in the context of Germany’s turbulent 20th Century history, never more powerfully than when retelling the story of the 1954 World Cup and the Miracle of Berne where a the national team helped drag Germany out of it’s post-war shame. Tor! covers a vast amount of detail, covering the often complex origins of modern clubs, the remarkably late professionalisation of the game in West Germany, and the challenges football faced in East Germany under Communism among many more topics. First published in 2002, Tor! is a detailed and engrossing history of German football from it origins to the Champions League Era. The obvious place to start is Tor!: The Story of German Football by Uli Hesse. In particular, Uli Hesse, Raphael Honigstein and Ronald Reng have brought the story of German football to English readers. German football has however been incredibly well served by the quality of the books about it either written or translated into English. Ronaldo but the Bundesliga was usually restricted to clips of goals on Eurosport. Serie A had Football Italia in the ’90s, La Liga had Revista on Sky Sports combined with the appeal of Messi and C. While beloved of football hipsters, the Bundesliga has always lacked a landmark English language TV show to really generate significant interest in the UK and Ireland. Keeper Of Dreams: One Man’s Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership by Ronald Reng.A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng. ![]()
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