Kicks, Spits, and Headers
Download or Read eBook Kicks, Spits, and Headers PDF written by Paolo Sollier and published by Minor Compositions. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Paolo Sollier |
Publisher | : Minor Compositions |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2022-05-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 1570273936 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781570273933 |
Rating | : 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Kicks, Spits, and Headers by : Paolo Sollier
Book excerpt: Kicks, Spits, and Headers documents two years of football by a self-proclaimed accidental footballer. Coming of age during the student and worker revolt of the 1960s-1970s, the Italian 'hot autumn, ' Paolo Sollier brought these countercultural energies and Marxist politics on to the football pitch, inadvertently becoming an icon along the way. Here he describes, in lucid and humorous prose, the challenges of trying make sense of and balance the tensions and contradictions between being a professional footballer and a political militant