The age of innocence - Reuel Golden

It was Pel who coined the phrase "the beautiful game", and in the 1970s the gamewasat its most beautiful, free-flowing and entertaining. Football became truly international thanks to extraordinarily talented teams and charismatic players who became thefirst generation of football superstars, long before David Beckham stripped down to his underwear.

This book tackles the global and cultural impact of the game, the memorable fashions, the girlfriends, the cars, the politics, the fans, the hooligans, the passion, the thrills and, of course, the sideburns. Winner of the Best Illustrated Book at the British Sports Book Awards, it's a joint celebration of the world's most popular sport and the sizzling 70s - including the1970 World Cup in Mexico, the first football championship televised in colour, and won by the legendary Brazilian side led by Pel; the1974 World Cup, dominated by the intense rivalry between the powerful West German side and the "Total Football" of the Dutch team; the1978 World Cup, hosted and won by Argentina; and the extraordinary club sides such asAjax, Liverpool, Bayern Munich,and theNew York Cosmos.

The Age of Innocencefeatures photography byNeil Leifer, Peter Robinson, Gerry Cranham, Terry O'Neill, Volker Hinz, Jerry Cooke, Harry Benson, Sven Simon, and many others, as well as images sourced from archives all over the world, and essays from award-winning football writersRob Hughes, David Goldblatt,Brian GlanvilleandBarney Ronay.