The Copa America is underway and Uruguay will soon make their debut.  Have you read From Beauty to Duty? It’s the perfect tournament companion where you’ll learn about the origins of Uruguayan football and the Copa itself…  pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/beauty-du…

This is an excellent book. Highly recommended 👌🇺🇾

Brilliant book. Highly recommended for anyone who's looking forward to watching Uruguay in the Copa América.

My father and I in Miami ahead of Selección Uruguaya 🇺🇾 vs. FEPAFUT 🇵🇦 • "England invented football. Uruguay wrote its history." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Let’s. Go.

A great book. Hard to "get" la garra uruguasha without it.

Gooooolllazzo

URUGUAYYYYy NOMA

Hero

El Poeta ❤️

RIP

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FROM BEAUTY TO DUTY by Martin da Cruz 🇺🇾 The first English-language history of Uruguayan football maps, charting the game's journey, creating one of the world's most intense sporting cultures Pitch Publishing 📚 Sports Books 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/from-…

Enjoyed joining Football Talent Scout - Jacek Kulig and Adam Lenges on their latest podcast (open.spotify.com/episode/3Ojv5L…). Credit to Martin da Cruz and his book from Beauty to Duty, which massively enriched my knowledge on the historical context of Uruguay's footballing success/culture.

Happy international workers day, especially to those who contributed so much to Uruguayan football. Read about the working class teams and players who helped democratise the game, in my book! pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/beauty-du…

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FROM BEAUTY TO DUTY by Martin da Cruz 🇺🇾 The first English-language history of Uruguayan football maps, charting the game's journey, creating one of the world's most intense sporting cultures Pitch Publishing 📚 Sports Books 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/from-…

Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚 Martin da Cruz Pitch Publishing 📚 Sports Books One of my favourite books 👍

📅 #OnThisDay in 1930, the first ever FIFA World Cup kicked off. Hosts Uruguay went on to lift the trophy at the first attempt. 📘 Read Martin da Cruz’s “From Beauty to Duty” for a look at Uruguayan football’s earliest years, even before World Cup glory.

"From Beauty to Duty: A Footballing History of Uruguay, 1878-1917" by Martin da Cruz 📘amzn.to/45UpdTJ

OUT TODAY: The Power and the Glory, a new history of the World Cup. And here's a piece in which I reminisce about a childhood holiday in Scotland, drag up a 44-year-old row with my Auntie Doris and explain why the World Cup matters.