Andrew Downie on His 1970 World Cup Oral History Book

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Grant speaks to author Andrew Downie about his new oral history book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Inside Story of the Legendary 1970 World Cup. Downie explains why the 1970 tournament in Mexico was so special, provides insight into Pelé’s Brazilian champions (thought by many to be the greatest team of all time) and details how he put together the book’s interviews with players from participant nations, many of whom are now in their 70s and 80s. Music: Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall, thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.8	And while I've got you, you can sign up for a free or paid subscription to my newsletter
0:16.7	at grantwall.com.
0:19.5	It has all my writing, including magazine style features, breaking news, opinion pieces,
0:25.2	and on location stories for every U.S. men's world cup qualifier.
0:29.9	It's grantwall.com.
0:32.6	Today's interview guest is Andrew Downey, who has a really good new book that's an oral
0:37.5	history on the 1970 World Cup.
0:41.0	There's no soccer talk with Chris Whittingham this time because I am on a reporting trip
0:45.8	in Eastern Europe.
0:48.9	Our guest now is a terrific writer and a friend of mine.
0:52.8	Andrew Downey is a Scottish journalist who splits his time between São Paulo and London.
0:58.5	He's the author of the phenomenal new oral history book, The Greatest Show on Earth,
1:03.5	The Inside Story of the legendary 1970 World Cup.
1:07.1	Andrew, it's great to see you.
1:09.2	Congratulations on the book and thanks for coming on the show.
1:11.8	Thanks for the fight you made.
1:12.8	It's good to see you.
1:13.8	It's been a long time.
1:14.8	It has been a long time and you may not remember this, but I do.
1:17.7	The first time we met was December 2nd, 2013 in São Paulo.
1:24.6	You welcomed me to a dinner at your apartment with some wonderful people.
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