Football: Everything You Need to Know

Football: Everything You Need to Know

The game that belongs to everyone. The story that belongs to you.

Football is more than a sport. It is history, culture, identity, politics, business, heartbreak, and joy played out on a rectangle of grass every week in every country on earth.

Across 15 chapters and one bonus chapter, this book takes you on the complete journey of football's extraordinary story. Travel from ancient Chinese Cuju and medieval mob football to the modern era of Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, Haaland, and Yamal. Relive the greatest World Cups, legendary clubs, iconic players, tactical revolutions, and billion-dollar controversies that shaped the world's most popular game.

Inside this book, you'll discover:

⚽ 2,300 years of football history (300 BC to 2024)

⚽ Rules, positions, and tactics explained simply

⚽ The complete Messi vs Ronaldo GOAT debate

⚽ The ten greatest World Cups ever played

⚽ The stories of football's greatest clubs and legends

⚽ The Women's Football Revolution and the 50-year ban

⚽ Football's billion-dollar industry and the Super League saga

⚽ Records, statistics, glossary, and bonus chapter

Whether you're watching your first match or have followed the sport your entire life, this book offers both a beginner-friendly guide and a deep exploration of football's rich history.

2,300 years. One game. Everything you need to know.