Watching the Match
The Remarkable Story of Football on Television
$33.34
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2014
Summary
Football and television have been intertwined in culture for more than half a century and Brian Barwick has played a massive role in the continuing liaison between them. Watching The Match tells the story of how football on television became a national obsession.
The first live football match in England was the 1938 FA Cup final, and the winning goal was a penalty in the last minute of extra time - proof if ever it was needed that football can deliver the dramatic like no oth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780233004327 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0233004327 |
| Author: | Brian Barwick |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Welbeck |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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”… the long history of football on the box … told in detail by Brian Barwick” - Sport magazine “… celebrating the characters who have regularly brought the beautiful game into our living room for the past 50 years” - Choice magazine
About The Author
Brian Barwick
Brian Barwick went from being an avid viewer growing up as a football mad schoolboy in Liverpool to Editor of BBC’s flagship football programme Match of the Day to BBC Head of Sport, then ITV Controller of Sport. At the BBC he worked on four FIFA World Cups, and was in charge when ITV Sport delivered its highest ever audience, for the 1998 World Cup match between England and Argentina. He then oversaw the transfer of ‘Match of the Day’ and its iconic presenter Des Lynam to the commercial channel, all the time overseeing ITV’s highly-successful association with the UEFA Champions League.
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