Inverting the Pyramid：The History of Football Tactics

Soccerfanslovetoargueaboutthetacticsamanagerputsintoplay,andthisfascinatingstudytracestheworldhistoryoftactics,frommodernpioneersrightbacktothebeginning,wherechaosreigned.Alongtheway,authorJonathanWilson,aneruditeanddetailedwriterwhoneverlosesasenseofthegrandnarrativesweep,takesalookatthelivesofthegreatplayersandthinkerswhoshapedthegame,anddiscoverswhytheEnglishinparticularhaveprovedthemselvesso“unwillingtograpplewiththeabstract.”Thisisamodernclassicofsoccerwritingthatfollowersofthegamewilldipintoagainandagain.