inverting the pyramid the history of soccer tactics

I'm not too interested in the period after the world war one and before I started to follow the sport in the 1970's yet Wilson's research makes this riveting.

(British football seemed to lag behind from a vey early stage to the way the game was considered elsewhere.) So whilst there is reference to Britain, Brazil, Italy and Holland, other locations such as Austria and USSR are shown to have been equally important.Īlthough I am a season ticket holder with Southampton, I am passionate about the history of football and 'Inverting the pyramid' satisfied my curiousity in explaining how football tactics started and what prompted the change from the 'forward charge' approach of 140 years ago. The author is extremely knowledgeable in tracing the salient developments in football with the most significant developments being shown to have taken place outside the football mainstream. There is a logical progression in how the way the game has played with new formations coming into fruition to combat the challenges produced my earlier styles of play. 'Inverting the pyramid' offers an assessment of the evolution of football formations from the Victorian era through to the 2000's. There was a time when books about football were notoriously badly written.

This book is very much a part of a new generation of writing about football with the analysis and insight being extremely fascinating. As has been stated elsewhere, this is a book that will most definitely change your perception of how the game is played and offers the most scientific assessment of 'the beautiful game' that I have read. Without doubt this book is an amazing piece of research and extremely thought-provoking.

Inverting the pyramid the history of soccer tactics