Book description
Mexico, the summer of 1970: Pelé, Brazil 4 Italy 1 in the Final, Gordon
Banks¿ save against Brazil, Bobby Moore and the Bogotá bracelet, Bobby
Charlton's substitution, televised match action (in colour), the single
'Back Home', the Esso coin collection . . . all these and more, the
familiar and the not-so-well-known, feature in Jeff Dawson's account of
the 1970 World Cup, the sexiest World Cup of all time. Using interviews
with players involved and personal childhood recollections, and having
studied hours of videotape, Jeff Dawson pieces together the events of
Mexico 70, inviting the reader to taste the Brooke Bond, smell the B
& H and feel what it was like that English summer, switching on GOOD
MORNING MEXICO with Frank Bough and also to remember what it was like
when England had a decent international side. "Great occasion,
great book"
