Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Angels with Dirty Faces

  • The Footballing History of Argentina
  • By: Jonathan Wilson
  • Narrated by: John Sackville
  • Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Angels with Dirty Faces cover art

Angels with Dirty Faces

By: Jonathan Wilson
Narrated by: John Sackville
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Expected Goals cover art
England Football: The Biography cover art
The Three Lives of the Kaiser cover art
The Making of the Women's World Cup cover art
Cristiano and Leo cover art
Ultra cover art
Unfit and Improper Persons cover art
Quiet Genius cover art
When Friday Comes cover art
The World's Biggest Cash Machine cover art
Inshallah United cover art
1312: Among the Ultras cover art
The Quality of Madness cover art
Jock Stein cover art
Don Revie cover art
Net Gains cover art

Summary

Fully revised and updated, the definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramid

Alfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistua, Juan Roman Riquelme, Lionel Messi... Argentina has produced some of the greatest footballers of all time. But the rich, volatile history of Argentinian football is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic. Jonathan Wilson, having lived in Buenos Aires, is ideally placed to chart the sport's development in a country that, perhaps more than any other, lives and breathes football, its theories and its myths.

Fully revised and updated, this new edition looks at the contrasting evolution of Argentinian football over the last ten years; from the chaos and violence of the abandoned 2018 Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors to the revitalised national side under manager Lionel Scaloni, which triumphed at the 2019 Copa América and the 2022 World Cup.

ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES is the definitive history of a great footballing nation and its many paradoxes.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Jonathan Wilson (P)2022 Orion Publishing Group
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History

Critic reviews

"Simultaneously epic and intimate, this is a magisterial work: not just a history of Argentinian football, but a history of Argentina." (Tom Holland)

"People who like football like Brazil; people who love it love Argentina. This is essential, enthralling reading about the world's most intriguing, most important football culture." (Rory Smith)

What listeners say about Angels with Dirty Faces

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    7
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    10
  • 4 Stars
    3
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The History of Argentina

This is the best way to learn about the history of the country of Argentina if you love football.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Retrospective

Jonathan Wilson is probably the best long form football writer/historian alive and again he doesn't disappoint. A deep and thoroughly interesting dive into the political, cultural and footballing history of a fascinating country.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!