The tapestry of football is littered with the stories of teams who have changed the game forever. From a group of friends and co-workers in Sheffield forming the first football 'club' in 1857, right up to the modern day with Spain's World Cup winner's of 2010, this book covers 50 of the most noteworthy in fascinating detail. As well as the usual suspects such as Manchester United, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Brazil and Ajax, there are also the stories of Blackburn Olympic, Corinthian FC, Eintracht Braunschweig and Enfield Town. Each chapter covers one team's moment in history and the impact they had on the game, from football's first athletes to its biggest failures, from the first team to lay claim to the title of the best in the world to the natural and beautiful evolution of the passing game, this is a book that even a reader with only a passing interest in football will enjoy. Tragedy, financial boom and bust, true greatness and some of sport's most emotional moments are all within, time to see how the beautiful game has made its way to becoming the monolith it is today.