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Newest Review: ... my only criticism of the book too, I did feel that McGinniss at many points oversteps the mark and he does accept this at moments in telli... more

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huggy2009
Premium Review Miracle of Castel di Sangro - Joe McGinniss: When Good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle an ... (636 words)
by huggy2009 - written on 06/06/09 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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This is a football book but its also a sociological study of football and the Italian psyche, it is written by an American giving it a different stance to many other football books and digs beneath the surface of tactics and games to cover an extraordinary season in the life of the small football club Castel di Sangro. Whats it ...

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Crowned Review Believe in the Miracle (953 words)
by Puggers - written on 07/02/09 (Very useful, 74 readings)
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Books about football are not a rarity. Good ones tend to be - there exist a lot of lazy efforts that seek to capitalise on the inherent drama and saga-like nature of the game and the politics that surround it without adding an awful lot of originality or perceptiveness in return. Amongst the wide range of writing on the subject, however, The ...

Mauri
Crowned Review Miracle of Castel di Sangro - Joe McGinniss: In Search Of The Beautiful Game (1655 words)
by Mauri - written on 23/05/06 (Very useful, 558 readings)
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The first thing to say is that ‘The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro’ is not a book about football. It is a book about how the people of a small town rediscover their sense of community when they become united behind the success of their football team. The football is merely a backdrop for the events that unfold and it is merely a device to contrast ...

C_Padd
Premium Review The Football Miracle (1384 words)
by C_Padd - written on 15/08/01 (Very useful, 360 readings)
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‘The Miracle of Castle di Sangro’ is basically a diary of a football mad America, who becomes obsessed with ‘soccer’ during the world cup that was held in the US in 1994. After being enthralled by the Italian team, in particular Roberto Baggio, he goes off to Italy to watch ‘a miracle’ as a small local town side ...

Belgian999
Premium Review Miracle of Castel di Sangro - Joe McGinniss: The Miracle of Castel di Sangro - Joe McGinnis (393 words)
by Belgian999 - written on 13/11/00 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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Having read a review of this book in the football magazine 'When Saturday Comes', I thought I knew what I was in for: American author, famous for political comment, gets bitten by the football bug during World Cup 94 in the USA and then decides to travel out to a small town in southern Italy to sample the atmosphere and the magic of a ...

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