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When Pele Broke Our Hearts

Wales and the 1958 World Cup

Mario Risoli author Nicky Wire author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:St David's Press

Published:13th Nov '09

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When Pele Broke Our Hearts is the definitive story of the Welsh team's remarkable 1958 World Cup campaign, the first and only time Wales has qualified for football's premier tournament. This new edition features a new preface from Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers

terrific...a lovely story, well told and, best of all, you don't have to be Welsh to enjoy it The Sunday Times a brilliant book...a thoroughly good read...I warmly recommend it Adrian Chiles Radio 5 Live a great tale, diligently researched and well told GQ Magazine excellent...an intriguing story, compellingly told Four Four Two If you were to write a surreal football comedy script tinged with pathos, personal tragedy, heroism, politics, adventure and endeavour, you couldn't begin to emulate the story of Wales in 1958...well-crafted...meticulously researched Total Football A beautifully written and expertly researched book, which gives an insight into Wales' greatest football triumph Nicky Wire

ISBN: 9781902719023

Dimensions: 215mm x 135mm x 18mm

Weight: 268g

161 pages

2nd Revised edition