The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Game-Changer

by Robert McCrum

A rousing history of the penalty kick and its introduction in English football by a famed British writer & editor.

"Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for ninety minutes and at the end, the Germans win." --Gary Lineker

In the 1880s, football was a rough and often dangerous game. As a result, William McCrum, the heir to a linen fortune and a keen amateur goalkeeper in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, proposed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912559579
• ISBN13: 9781912559572
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Notting Hill Editions
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.