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The Life of Total Football tells the story of the origins, history and inspiration behind one of the purest and arguably most-entertaining styles of football in the history of the game.

Total Football was the style of play made famous by both Johan Cruyff''s Ajax and the great Dutch international side of 1970s in which he starred... but its story starts a long way before then.

The origins of Total Football lie in Scotland in the early 1900s as football was taking its first pioneering steps as a Great British export. Initially finessed in Europe, and in particular Hungary and Austria, as the popularity of football spread; before the style emerged and evolved in South America as the game took hold across the globe.

With so many admirers throughout the history of the game, The Life of Total Football explains how it captured the hearts and minds of its most dedicated followers, its many iterations and incarnations, and ju

The Life of Total Football

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    A Hardback by James Jackson

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      Publisher Pitch Publishing
      Imprint Pitch Publishing Ltd
      Published 1 October 2024
      ISBN-13 9781801501897
      978-1801501897
      ISBN-10 1801501890
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      Sport Association football (Soccer)

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Life of Total Football tells the story of the origins, history and inspiration behind one of the purest and arguably most-entertaining styles of football in the history of the game.

      Total Football was the style of play made famous by both Johan Cruyff''s Ajax and the great Dutch international side of 1970s in which he starred... but its story starts a long way before then.

      The origins of Total Football lie in Scotland in the early 1900s as football was taking its first pioneering steps as a Great British export. Initially finessed in Europe, and in particular Hungary and Austria, as the popularity of football spread; before the style emerged and evolved in South America as the game took hold across the globe.

      With so many admirers throughout the history of the game, The Life of Total Football explains how it captured the hearts and minds of its most dedicated followers, its many iterations and incarnations, and ju

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