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Stamping Grounds: Exploring Liechtenstein and Its World Cup Dream

Author Charlie Connelly
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
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ISBN / ASIN0349114889
ISBN-139780349114880
AvailabilityUsually ships in 1 to 3 months
Sales Rank994,609
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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Stamping Grounds follows the Liechtenstein national football team through their defeat-strewn qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. It was hard to see this principality's part-time players scoring even one goal, never mind adding to its meager international points total. So what motivates a nation of 30,000 people and eleven villages to keep plugging away despite the inevitability of defeat? Travelling to all of Liechenstein's qualifying matches, Charlie Connelly examines what motivates a team to take the field dressed proudly in the shirts of Liechtenstein despite the knowledge that they are, with notably few exceptions, in for a good beating.