The 'Daily Telegraph' Football Chronicle provides an authoritative account of the history of this popular sport, from the origins of the modern game in the 1870s to 1994. Presented in a page-by-page, chronological format and written from the British perspective, it includes articles on all the notable football stories of the 20th century, together with brief soccer statistics, memorable quotes and the rest of the football news in brief. A special spread is allocated to every World Cup final, and the year-by-year reportage is also interspersed with special feature spreads on the legendary figures of the game.