Latest News & Items

Jim Thorpe: was he the Greatest Athlete in the World?

14th May 2026

Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953.  He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]

Fitness and Wellbeing in Sportspages’ New Stock Catalogue

12th March 2026

Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]

Sportspages’ New Stock catalogue

15th January 2026

This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58  along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!  

Football » Football Books » Football Instructional » LEARN TO PLAY THE HUNGARIAN WAY

LEARN TO PLAY THE HUNGARIAN WAY

LEARN TO PLAY THE HUNGARIAN WAY

Click to zoom

An illustrated soccer manual for young footballers, showing the methods used by the Hungarian World Cup runners-up of 1954. Marton Bukovi was an innovative Hungarian coach who helped develop the 4-2-4 formation. With an introduction by Jimmy Hogan, who had managed all over Europe and is widely regarded as the architect of "Total Football". An important book.

8vo. 142pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with 4cm section missing to top of spine and more loss to back cover. Internally very good.

Date
1954
Publisher
B.N. Press Service
Author
BUKOVI & CSAKNADY

£200.00 (Code: 85692)

Add to basket
Adding...