For instance about a reporter whose name I still cannot recall. On the other hand I don’t want to repeat myself and bore our season-ticket holders with tales I’ve told before. There will be people who are reading Tor! for the first time, at least that’s what we all hope, and they deserve some background. THIS IS THE FOURTH edition of this book, and I’m beginning to struggle with these introductions. Tor! challenges the myth that German football is 'predictable' or 'efficient' and brings to life the fascinating array of characters who shaped it: the betrayed pioneer Walther Bensemann the enigmatic genius Sepp Herberger the all-conquering Franz Beckenbauer the misfit Lothar Matthäus the coaches reshaping the modern game and even the radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann, whose ecstatic cries of 'Tor!' greeted the winning goal in the 1954 World Cup final and helped change a whole nation's view of itself.įully revised and updated, Tor! is the definitive history of German football. Tor! (Goal!) traces the extraordinary story of Germany's club and international football, from the days when it was regarded as a dangerously foreign pastime, through the horrors of the Nazi years, to the postwar triumphs, the World Cup victories, and all the way up to the present day. Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world. 'Beautifully crafted, demolishes myths with the cold-blooded efficiency of a literary Gerd Müller' – The Times 'In Hesse's capable hands, the history of German football seems more entertaining, unpredictable and scandal-infested than England's' – FourFourTwo 'without question the most entertaining historical football book ever written' – The Guardian
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