{"product_id":"pitch-16-the-world-cup-collectors-edition","title":"Pitch #16: The World Cup: Collector's Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur 16th magazine takes the planet’s most-watched tournament, in the Football World Cup, and quite deliberately shoots around the edges of what you’ll find elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003eTo kick things off, a comprehensive timeline of the Copa Mundial maps nearly a century of history and covers the birth of modern football at USA ’94.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a strong Scottish thread running throughout this celebratory magazine, inspired by an interview with 1978 World Cup skipper Don Masson and a lyrical profile of Napoli’s Scott ‘McFratm’ McTominay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, we meet the first-time qualifiers – there’s four of them – before taking a broader look at football across the Americas, with postcards from Clube Atlético Mineiro to boot.\u003cbr\u003eThat covers the good, we’ve also the ‘bad’ in an extract from No Show: The World Cups that Never Were, and the ‘ugly’ as Paul Simpson writes about five World Cup campaigns that turned sour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere will be 104 games at the 2026 World Cup. Consider this your invitation to join us for the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e21 x 16 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eApril 2026\u003cbr\u003e130 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEnglish\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pitch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58132959461757,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/5149\/9341\/files\/2026-05-0708.56.08.jpg?v=1778188213","url":"https:\/\/stanchionbooks.com\/products\/pitch-16-the-world-cup-collectors-edition","provider":"Stanchion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}