{"product_id":"pitch-16-the-world-cup-special","title":"Pitch #16 - The World Cup Special","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePitch #16 - The World Cup Special\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\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\u003e\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 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\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 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\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\u003e\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 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\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 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Pitch Magazine:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pitch is a magazine for sports fans. All sports fans. And particularly all-sports fans. If this is you, then you’re already among friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ra \u0026 Olly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58112314802560,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2009\/7115\/files\/pitch.png?v=1779108302","url":"https:\/\/unitom.co.uk\/products\/pitch-16-the-world-cup-special","provider":"UNITOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}