Bayern: Creating a Global Superclub

‘MASTERFUL’ Raphael Honigstein

The story of superclub Bayern Munich by the critically acclaimed author of
Tor!

Bayern Munich is a team of extremes.
They are the most passionately supported club in Germany and the most hated. There is no doubt that they are the most successful.

Winners of twenty-four domestic titles since the late 1960s, they have stood at the pinnacle of European football for almost their entire existence.

Through interviews with the key protagonists, Uli Hesse tells the story of this unique club. From early run-ins with the Nazis to being dubbed FC Hollywood for their egocentric stars in the 1990s up to the sensational undercover appointment of the best coach in the world, Pep Guardiola, Hesse opens the doors on Bavaria’s superpower and takes you inside Bayern Munich.

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Bayern: Creating a Global Superclub

‘MASTERFUL’ Raphael Honigstein

The story of superclub Bayern Munich by the critically acclaimed author of
Tor!

Bayern Munich is a team of extremes.
They are the most passionately supported club in Germany and the most hated. There is no doubt that they are the most successful.

Winners of twenty-four domestic titles since the late 1960s, they have stood at the pinnacle of European football for almost their entire existence.

Through interviews with the key protagonists, Uli Hesse tells the story of this unique club. From early run-ins with the Nazis to being dubbed FC Hollywood for their egocentric stars in the 1990s up to the sensational undercover appointment of the best coach in the world, Pep Guardiola, Hesse opens the doors on Bavaria’s superpower and takes you inside Bayern Munich.

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‘MASTERFUL’ Raphael Honigstein

The story of superclub Bayern Munich by the critically acclaimed author of
Tor!

Bayern Munich is a team of extremes.
They are the most passionately supported club in Germany and the most hated. There is no doubt that they are the most successful.

Winners of twenty-four domestic titles since the late 1960s, they have stood at the pinnacle of European football for almost their entire existence.

Through interviews with the key protagonists, Uli Hesse tells the story of this unique club. From early run-ins with the Nazis to being dubbed FC Hollywood for their egocentric stars in the 1990s up to the sensational undercover appointment of the best coach in the world, Pep Guardiola, Hesse opens the doors on Bavaria’s superpower and takes you inside Bayern Munich.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473521797
Publisher: Random House
Publication date: 09/22/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Uli Hesse is an expert on German football and the author of Tor! The Story of German Football, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. He writes for FourFourTwo, ESPN and the Blizzard.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Prologue 5

1 Renegades and Cavaliers 9

2 The Man Who Invented Bayern 29

3 Barred from the Bundesliga 42

4 The Golden Generation 57

5 BeaUes or Stones? 80

6 Shining Under Floodlights 103

7 Mia San Mia 119

8 A Simple Football Club 137

9 Pulling Off Lederhosen is Hard to Do 158

10 Bayern-Dusel 171

11 The Dream Team 195

12 The Golden Age of Hollywood 217

13 Building and Rebuilding 234

14 The Treble 259

Epilogue 278

List of Illustrations 281

Index 283

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