An incisive, often humorous account of the chaos that is international football. On 18 November 2009, Thierry Henry handled the ball twice to set up a pass for the goal that sent France through to the World Cup in South Africa. Handball! Provides a witty, entertaining and contemporary record of what happened and the background and consequences of the event. It also tracks the controversial instances that arose at the World Cup as a result of the lack of video replay to assist referees and offers suggestions as to how world football can learn from this embarrassing series of events.