Magical Magyars: The Rise and Fall of the World's Once Greatest Football Team

by David Bailey

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Magical Magyars tells the remarkable story of the legendary Hungarian football team of the 50s, a side whose breathtaking technical skills and passing-and-movement style of play changed the very way the sport was played. Author David Bailey traces the team's origins and details how communist Hungary, a tiny nation impoverished and subjugated by one of the most brutal Stalinist regimes in the Soviet empire, was able to produce a football team that was the envy of the sporting world, and so very nearly world champions. Captained by the genius that was Ferenc Puskas, the Magical Magyars walked a tightrope...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781785315442
  • Publish Date 22 July 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Pitch Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English