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HARDBACK - 249 pp
PUBLISHED: APRIL 2026
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ART BY PAUL TREVILLION
‘The Master of Movement’

WORDS BY HARRY HARRIS
Legendary Fleet Street Journalist

THIS IS A unique look at the history of the World Cup through the pen of renowned artist Paul Trevillion “the Master of Movement” and the words of legendary Fleet Street journalist Harry Harris.

Pelé, Maradona, Cruyff, Gazza, Ronaldo, Messi and more... legendary sports artist Paul Trevillion has drawn them all in this unique artist’s eye view of the world’s greatest football tournament.

Containing Paul’s original artwork across each of the 22 tournaments to date and with specially commissioned work previewing this summer’s World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, this incredible book also contains the inside story on the tournament’s most controversial and shocking moments by legendary journalist Harry Harris.

From The Hand of God to Roy Keane’s explosion on Saipan and Gazza’s Tears, Harry has covered them all. Ossie Ardiles also provides a behind-the-scenes portrait of life at the eye of the Maradona-mania storm.

During their long careers Paul and Harry have observed, written about or drawn every tournament since 1958 for the national press - this is a must for football fans of all nationalities.
This is the latest in the ‘On The Pitch & Off The Drawing Board’ series which took in histories of Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United.

With a foreword by Ossie Ardiles.


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