The Illustrated History of Football

Completely amazing cartoons with beautiful insight as to the how, why, when & wow. These illustrations, along with the descriptive introduction to each section provide the most illuminating read to anyone who has grown up with football & has a interest, sympathetic or otherwise, to the mechanics that have created the 'game of billions'. From the idea of its very inception to the corruption, fair play and penalty disputes we all enjoy today. Understanding the formation of the game has never been so much fun :)

Good quality and price, excellent content

One of the funniest books ever written on football. David is an exceptional artist. His Guardian illustrations and cartoons can brighten up your hour/day/week(depends on how bad your hour/day/week is). If you like sports of any kind, give this a try. Give it a try even if you don't like sports. Pick it up. This is pure fun. I am sure David needs all the the money he can get with this.

A great summary of football greaetst moments with a nice touch of humor. I recommend it totally for children and adults alike

My husband gave me this as a Christmas present and I only just now got a chance to read it (2 toddlers...it's hard to find time). I read David Squires every week in the Guardian, so I was certain this would be hilarious.This book is AMAZING! I was already familiar with most of the events in this "history", and loved all the new details I learned and the humorous slant on much discussed and romanticized events. Squires's ability to capture the essence of all the famous footballers' faces also kind of amazes me. How can a "cartoon" look so much like the real thing? The cartoons on the right hand side of the pages are, of course, fantastic, but I enjoyed reading the prologues to every cartoon almost as much.I kept wanting to talk to other people about this book but no one has read it!! So everyone please buy this book so I can talk to someone about it. :-)