Barca: A People's Passion
Barca: A People's Passion (Bloomsbury in English plus translations
in Spain, Germany, and Holland.)
FC Barcelona is much more than a football club- it is a social and
political phenomenon. And this is much more than a book about football-
it is also a story of more than one hundred years of obsessive Catalan
pride. The only full history of FC Barcelona and Catalonia in English,
it contains some of the great moments-and personalities-of football
history, from the stardom of Johan Cruyff to the early days in Europe
of the great but tragically flawed Diego Maradona.
This is also the
club that took on Franco during the Spanish Civil War and embarked
on one of world's sports biggest rivalries, in its eternal struggle
with Real Madrid. I hope you will find it packed with revelations about
extraordinary characters such as Patrick O'Connell, the one-time
Manchester United player who bravely stuck it out as FC Barcelona's
coach after its president was shot by Franco loyalists. An essential
read not just for football fanatics but any visitor to Spain, in
particular Barcelona? I hope so.
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