Fields of Power

From the Industrial Revolution and the fall of empires to the Second World War and beyond, these are the twenty football stadiums that tell the history of the twentieth century

Relatives live and die; houses are bought and sold; companies rise and fall, yet football stadiums stand as near constants in an ever-changing world. The beautiful game is played out to adoring fans in these structures, but they are also the physical, geographical and cultural embodiments of the world's most popular sport, and the stories behind them can show the history of the people and places surrounding them.

Investigative journalist Joey D'Urso, the author of More Than A Shirt, combines on-the-ground reporting with unparalleled analysis to showcase the twenty football stadiums that tell a history of the twentieth century. Travelling from Manchester and Manila to Buenos Aires and Berlin, Joey traces events such as the Industrial Revolution via Liverpool's Anfield, the rise of the Soviet Union in Kyiv's Olympic Stadium and Argentina's military junta through River Plate's Estadio Monumental.

Authoritative and eye-opening, Fields of Power will forever change the way you view football's greatest monuments, showing us the story of the twentieth century from an entirely new perspective.