Greatest Fans

Greatest Fans - Planet Football

Hardback (11 Feb 2016)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Awesome facts and stats about the greatest football fans in the world. Find out the lengths some fans will go to to support their team, from following them in home and away games to spending fortunes on club merchandise. Find out about club superstitions and traditions, such as who started the first Mexican wave. What mad mascots are there and how did they come about? Who are Super Rat, Berni, Goleo and Fuleco? Which country has the best club chants? Sing along to a few of them.

Some 'fan'-tastic facts include:
- Real Madrid sold 1.5million replica shirts in the 2013-2014 season.
- German club, FC Magdeburg, fans all held up large arrows which they pointed at the goal to encourage their players to score more.
- 2,300 FC Union fans, repainted their stadium to save their club money.

Answer quiz questions such as:
'Which English football club has a mascot called Gunnersaurus Rex?
Which country's prime minister was such a big football fan that he declared a national holiday after their national team won a tournament?
Which Italian club sold cans of air taken from inside its stadium?

Whether you're an armchair fanatic or a player, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about the planet's greatest fans right here!

Book information

ISBN: 9780750295734
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Imprint: Wayland
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.334
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 348g
Height: 219mm
Width: 273mm
Spine width: 11mm