Blood on the Crossbar: The Dictatorship's World Cup Cover
Podcast Mentions

Blood on the Crossbar The Dictatorship's World Cup

Rhys Richards

Blood on the Crossbar: The Dictatorship's World Cup is the story of the most controversial football World Cup of all time. When Argentina both hosted and won the World Cup in 1978, just two years after the coup d'etat that ousted Isabel Peró n, it was against the backdrop of a brutal military dictat...

Podcasts 1
Quotes 1
Real Dictators

The podcast identified it as a history of the 1978 World Cup, written by journalist Rhys Richards.

"

Rhys Richards is a journalist and author of Blood on the Crossbar, a history of the 1978 World Cup.

— Episode: General Videla Part 3: God, Football, th...

Episode: General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falkland...

The podcast identified it as a history of the 1978 World Cup, written by journalist Rhys Richards.

"

Rhys Richards is a journalist and author of Blood on the Crossbar, a history of the 1978 World Cup.

Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.