World Cup Animation Featuring Our Book

Our book "Foundations of Managing Sporting Events: Organising the 1966 FIFA World Cup" is featured in a new animation available on Youtube entitled "How North Korea and Middlesbrough Became Unlikely Football Friends".

The animation, which lasts around 8 minutes long, tells the story of Middlesbrough and North Korea's unlikely friendship, which begins at Ayresome Park in 1966.

The video was produced by Tifo football, and the script was written by Dr Tosh Warwick of Manchester Metropolitan University. It draws from Dr Warwick's own excellent research on the 1966 World Cup, and a comprehensive review of literature relating to the tournament, including our book, which the film describes as "groundbreaking".

Pak Doo Ik's winning goal secured the Asian minnows a place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup. There, a curiosity developed in the Middlesbrough locals, after initial disinterest in the team, and the lowest recorded match attendance in the tournament. What evolved over the games, however, was a connection that warmed the hearts of many and one that has continued into the 21st Century.


Check it out by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5M7Xf3HwAs