Arrivederci Swansea: The Giorgio Chinaglia Story

Risoli, Mario

<p>As an unknown apprentice with Third Division club Swansea Town in the 1960s, Chinaglia stole milk bottles from doorsteps because he couldn't afford breakfast. Nine years later he was on an annual salary of £85,000. Chinaglia, who had lived in South Wales since he was eight, returned to his native Italy to rebuild his ailing career and, after spells with two Third Division clubs, he joined Roman side Lazio in 1969. There, in the Olympic Stadium, Chinaglia became the idol of the Lazio tifosi. In 1974 he finished Series A top scorer with 24 goals and helped Lazio to their first—and so far, only—league title, pipping the traditional giants Juventus, Milan, and Inter. This biography tells his remarkable rags-to-riches story.</p>

Arrivederci Swansea

Biographies & Memoirs

Mainstream Publishing

When Pele Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup

Health, Fitness & Dieting

St David's Pr

Pele scored his first World Cup goal for Brazil against Wales in the Quarter finals of the 1958 Tournammment. Wales lost 1-0 and have not qualified for football's (Soccer) premier event since. The fascinating story of Wales and the 1958 World Cup is told here for the first time by Mario Risoli. The team's initial failure to qualify after finishing second in their garoup to Czechoslovkia was dramatically turned around when they beat Israel in a playoff. Not only did Wales win but two Manchester United players choose country over club and were in Cardiff when many of their team mates died on the runway in Munich. The Welsh FA, in their wisdom, decided to save money by reducing the squad by two players yet travelled to Sweden with 36 committee men and seats booked on the first plane to London following the first round games. Much to their surprise and inconvenience the team qualified for the quarter finals forcing the "men in blazers" to fly to London only to catch the first flight back to Sweden.

Welsh Academic Pr

When PelÃ© Broke Our Hearts is the definitive story of the Welsh team's remarkable 1958 World Cup campaign, the first and only time Wales has qualified for football's premier tournament. This new edition features a new preface from Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers.

When Pele' Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup

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