Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football
Autor Tom Williamsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 apr 2026
'The definitive story' - Christian Karembeu
A REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, INCLUDING NEW EXCLUSIVE PSG CONTENT
Glory, scandal and how French football came of age
Le foot français has come a long way over the last 40 years, with France reaching four of the past seven men's World Cup finals (winning two) and French players starring for the world's biggest clubs.
Culminating in a comprehensive account of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League triumph in 2025, Tom Williams explores French football's turbulent modern transformation. From match-fixing affairs to sex-tape scandals, monumental matches to heart-stopping headbutts, he details how philosophies, personalities and power struggles have defined each era.
Featuring exclusive interviews with French greats such as Alain Giresse, Jean-Pierre Papin and Blaise Matuidi, and with a cast including Michel Platini, Zinedine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé, Va-Va-Voom is the inside track on France's footballing revolution.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399403962
ISBN-10: 1399403966
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399403966
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Prologue: Les Poteaux Carrés
1. Les Bleus: One Night in Seville
2. Geste Technique: Le Coup Franc à la Platini
3. Bordeaux: Victory Amid the Vineyards
4. Marseille: Tapie's Tainted Triumph
5. Geste Technique: La Papinade
6. Les Rosbifs: Living the Dream
7. Nantes: The Goal That Came From Somewhere Else
8. Italie: Learning to Win
9. Geste Technique: La Roulette à la Zidane
10. Auxerre: One Small Village Still Resists
11. Angleterre: The Sound and the Fury
12. Arsenal: A Very English Frenchman
13. Les Bleus: Champions du Monde!
14. Geste Technique: La Spéciale Henry
15. Lyon: The Magnificent Seven
16. Les Bleus: From the Gutter to a Second Star
17. Espagne: The Ballad of ZZ and KB9
18. Le Foot Féminin: Lyon Light the Way
19. Paris Saint-Germain: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
20. Allemagne: La Nouvelle Vague
Epilogue: Et Maintenant?
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
1. Les Bleus: One Night in Seville
2. Geste Technique: Le Coup Franc à la Platini
3. Bordeaux: Victory Amid the Vineyards
4. Marseille: Tapie's Tainted Triumph
5. Geste Technique: La Papinade
6. Les Rosbifs: Living the Dream
7. Nantes: The Goal That Came From Somewhere Else
8. Italie: Learning to Win
9. Geste Technique: La Roulette à la Zidane
10. Auxerre: One Small Village Still Resists
11. Angleterre: The Sound and the Fury
12. Arsenal: A Very English Frenchman
13. Les Bleus: Champions du Monde!
14. Geste Technique: La Spéciale Henry
15. Lyon: The Magnificent Seven
16. Les Bleus: From the Gutter to a Second Star
17. Espagne: The Ballad of ZZ and KB9
18. Le Foot Féminin: Lyon Light the Way
19. Paris Saint-Germain: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
20. Allemagne: La Nouvelle Vague
Epilogue: Et Maintenant?
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
As it turns out, what was required to really define the identity of our football was a perspective that was partly inward-looking and partly continental. Erudite and engrossing, this book adds a biting modernity to the old legend of France's magnificent losers.
Williams is an engaging and intelligent storyteller, who knows France well beyond sport. This is an inspiring account of how French football went, in a very few years, from almost nowhere to regularly leading the world - and of some of the colourful and sometimes frankly bizarre people who took it there. In a word, it's excellent.
A comprehensive account of the highs, lows and scandals of French football, told through a series of fascinating vignettes.
The definitive story of how French football came of age.
I loved my time in France and it changed the way I thought about the game. Using the stories of France's most celebrated teams and players, this fabulous book explains what sets French football apart.
A masterclass. A delightful insight into the history, the culture and the values of French football. Having worked in France for three years now, it helped me understand so many concepts and words that they use in the weird and wonderful world that is la Ligue 1.
Entertaining, vivid and painstakingly researched, Williams' prose brilliantly captures the juxtaposition of France's extraordinary flair for the game and its public's love-hate relationship with it.
This is a book that students of the game have been waiting for.
absorbing, hugely entertaining ... illuminating ... an absolute joy. ... There had never been a definitive account of the game in France ... there is now.
[a] valuable insight into the psychology of contemporary France and the French . fascinating stuff.
Williams is an engaging and intelligent storyteller, who knows France well beyond sport. This is an inspiring account of how French football went, in a very few years, from almost nowhere to regularly leading the world - and of some of the colourful and sometimes frankly bizarre people who took it there. In a word, it's excellent.
A comprehensive account of the highs, lows and scandals of French football, told through a series of fascinating vignettes.
The definitive story of how French football came of age.
I loved my time in France and it changed the way I thought about the game. Using the stories of France's most celebrated teams and players, this fabulous book explains what sets French football apart.
A masterclass. A delightful insight into the history, the culture and the values of French football. Having worked in France for three years now, it helped me understand so many concepts and words that they use in the weird and wonderful world that is la Ligue 1.
Entertaining, vivid and painstakingly researched, Williams' prose brilliantly captures the juxtaposition of France's extraordinary flair for the game and its public's love-hate relationship with it.
This is a book that students of the game have been waiting for.
absorbing, hugely entertaining ... illuminating ... an absolute joy. ... There had never been a definitive account of the game in France ... there is now.
[a] valuable insight into the psychology of contemporary France and the French . fascinating stuff.