Stuart Horsfield is a writer and member of the Senior Leadership Team for These Football Times, where he also hosts These Football Times podcast. For his day job he lectures in sports and on a Football Coaching degree program.

He just wrote his first book, it’s about the greatest team never to win a World Cup and some would argue they were better than most teams who’ve actually won it! That magical 1982 Brazilian side. The book is titled: 1982 Brazil, The Glorious Failure.

Follow Stuart Horsfield on Twitter: @loxleymisty44

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Show Notes:

• How that 1982 Brazil side influenced Stuart.
• The beauty of their game and which other sides compare stylistically.
• On the atmosphere leading up to the 1982 World Cup as an England fan.
• On being a football supporter vs a club supporter.
• On bringing the memories of a 10 year to the book as an adult.
• Mystique in old football playing styles vs modern football’s homogeneity.
• How he set out to write the book.
• How the book is structured.
• Interviewing Abraham Klein and Alexandre Chivadze.
• Shout to Steven Scragg(@Scraggy_74): A Tournament Frozen in Time and Where the Cool Kids Hung Out.
• Surprises that arose from the book research.
• His views on 1982 Brazil side before and after the book.
• “The day football died” narrative explained.
• Conversation with Patrick Barclay(@paddybarclay)
• Conversation with Juca Kfouri(@BlogdoJuca)
• Following the bizarre group format in the 1982 World Cup.
• Thoughts as the tournament progressed and the Italian team.
• Abraham Klein’s accounts.
• Views on traditional World Cup winners vs challengers
• What about the big clubs, big money and Financial Fair Play?
• Technological changes in the game.
• Shootout questions with Stuart:
• Top 3 players ever.
• Who would Stuart have a drink with in the history of the game?
• Top 3 matches he would attend in the history of the game.
• One change he would make to any match in history.
• What club would Stuart support if not Hull City?
• Top 3 football books:
• Goalkeepers are different by Brian Glanville
• Dr. Sócrates by Andrew Downie(@adowniebrazil)
• Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson(@jonawils)
• Podcast recommendations:
• These Football Times Podcast
• That Peter Crouch Podcast

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