Reddit mentions of Futebol

The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football by David Goldblatt is brilliant as a general history (and has a lot about Sindelar).

There are many excellent country-specific books. My favourite is Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos which has masses of obscure history (scandalously obscure, given that the country has 200 million inhabitants).

[This one] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Futebol-Brazilian-Way-Life-Updated/dp/1408854163)

I believe the glue story was in Pitch Invasion. That book describes quite a bit of the Adidas history although there are numerous works which detail Dassler's early work and how he used football to expand (Sneaker Wars is another good one).

Brazil - See Alex Bellos' book. There's a chapter in there, there are also quite a few good books about Havelange's time with FIFA which discuss his nepotism with Teixeira, and there is plenty of stuff to read about Teixeira and Nike just on Google.

Just read the man's wiki entry for a taste..

Seems my bit is more downvote-worthy than attributing Adidas' success to making quality balls..

Whatever. I made a tidy profit when Qatar won the 2022 WC and I backed them at 40/1. The corruption in football is so transparent, how it works is so obvious, who benefits is entirely clear, and yet people want to argue with a straight-face that it comes down to the quality of balls..