Association football (Soccer) Books

Book SynopsisFourteen Derby County legends come together to tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Rams fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out for the white shirt...Steve Powell recalls playing against Liverpool at the Baseball Ground when he was just 16, in a match that virtually sealed Derby's first league championship; Jim Bullions recounts heroic stories of Wembley in 1946, when the Rams beat Charlton to lift the FA Cup. Michael Johnson waxes lyrical on beating Forest in a six-goal thriller - while Darren Moore nominates the win over West Brom in the 2007 Championship play-off final. County greats Johnny Morris, Dave Mackay and Marco Gabbiadini also turn in characteristic star performances, winding back the clock to relive treasured memories of the Match of Their Lives for the Rams.

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Book SynopsisA dozen Wolverhampton Wanderers legends come together to tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Wolves fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out for the old gold shirt...Bert Williams and Sammy Smyth recall 1949 FA Cup glory, recounting stories of the spirited semi against Manchester United, topped off by Wembley victory over Leicester; Bill Slater opts for the international friendly against Honved that saw Wolves crowned unofficial 'Champions of the World' in 1956. John Richards waxes lyrical about his Wolves debut at the Hawthorns, while Derek Parkin selects the 1980 League Cup Final against Forest. Molineux legends Roy Swinbourne, Ron Flowers and Steve Bull also turn in characteristic star performances, winding back the clock to relive treasured memories of the Match of Their Lives for the Wolves.

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Book SynopsisSixteen Stoke City legends tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Potters fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out for the red-and-white stripes...Terry Conroy recounts scoring in the 1972 League Cup Final, and Mark Stein remembers another Wembley win in the 1992 Autoglass Trophy. Denis Smith recalls when Stoke took on the best that Europe had to offer, and came so close to defeating mighty Ajax, while Peter Fox takes the unusual step of selecting a game in which he only played for half an hour - the 4-4 draw with Luton in 1982. Victoria Ground legends Dennis Herod, Tony Allen and Mark Chamberlain also turn in characteristic star performances, winding back the clock to relive treasured memories of the Match of Their Lives for the Potters.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the complete guide to all of the games played by Hearts in European competitions since the club become only the third Scottish team to enter the European Cup. With contributions from several prominent Hearts players and celebrity fans, including Ken Stott and Scott Wilson, From Athens to Zagreb will evoke forgotten memories amongst fans of all ages.Trade ReviewA must-read for Hearts fans, Athens to Zagreb is the definitive guide to all matches played by the team in European competitions since 1958. SCOTTISH REVIEW OF BOOKS This record of the team’s glorious history is told from the point of view of some of the people who were closely involved, and of course the fans themselves. SCOTTISH REVIEW OF BOOKSBuckle captures some extraordinary tales in a book guaranteed to stir the sepia-tinted memory banks of anyone who has ever travelled with Hearts. EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

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Book SynopsisReturn to The Lost World of Football through this Aladdin's cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to the magical atmosphere of a more innocent era of football. If you were one of the army of obsessive soccer kids at any time from England's World Cup win to the dawn of the Premiership, you'll be relieved to hear that the cool kits and tabletop games, the mud, mavericks and Melchester Rovers are back and here to stay. Flankers with triangular sideboards, petrol freebies and gluey sticker albums will soon once again be flickering past your senses like your long-lost videos of the Sunday soccer highlights. But there's more to The Lost World of Football than a giant Kays catalogue of unforgettable football culture, clutter and wistful yearning. Here are countless tried-and-tested methods to leave the 21st century behind and revisit your own football Golden Age!

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Book SynopsisFrom the thousands of matches ever played by Manchester City, stretching from the early days of the 20th century to the new millennium and Premier League triumph, here are 50 of City's most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Manchester City Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in everything from the first game ever played at Maine Road in 1923 to the last in 2003, plus belters at the Etihad Stadium and Wembley classics. An irresistible cast list of club legends - Francis Lee and Billy Meredith, Bert Trautmann, Georgi Kinkladze and Ernie Brook - springs to life in a thrilling selection of last-day dramas, unforgettable derbies, relegation deciders, European nights and Cup crackers. In all, a journey through the highlights of City's history which is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.

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Book SynopsisFanatical is the story of football's number one superfan. Since January 1968, Gary Edwards hasn't missed a single competitive Leeds United match anywhere in the world. He's devastated to have missed one friendly; although, rest assured, that was through no fault of his own. On his 46-year (and counting!) adventure, this uniquely passionate supporter has experienced dodgy mountainside coach nightmares, bumpy flights on cheap airlines, and aggro just about everywhere. From pink faces in Barnsley to disguises at Luton, from behind the Iron Curtain to an eerie Nou Camp, from FA hypocrisy to tragedy in Turkey, Fanatical is by turn funny, scary and inspirational in its display of extreme love for football and the mighty Whites. Enjoy this whistle-stop global tour to every club Gary has visited ever since Derby County all those years ago - by sea, by air and by Doombuggy, Gary's customised hearse!

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Book SynopsisFrom the thousands of matches ever played by Manchester United, stretching from their roots as Newton Heath to the present-day colossus that has racked up more league titles and FA Cups to their name than any other club, here are 50 of United's most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Manchester United Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in everything from the dark days of Munich to the unmatched League/FA Cup/Champions League Treble. An irresistible cast list of club legends - Tommy Taylor, Duncan Edwards and Bobby Charlton, George Best, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes - springs to life in a thrilling selection of hard-fought derby matches, landmark European nights, and league and cup exploits. In all, a journey through the highlights of United history which is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.

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Book SynopsisGot, Not Got: The Lost World of Norwich City is an Aladdin's cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to Carrow Road's fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mud and magic - as well as a Canaries-mad childhood of miniature tabletop games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. The book recalls a more innocent era of football, lingering longingly over relics from the good old days - Canaries stickers and petrol freebies, league ladders, big-match programmes and much more - revisiting lost football culture, treasures and pleasures that are 100 per cent Norwich City. If you're a lifelong Norwich fan, one of the army of obsessive soccer kids at any time from the Ron Saunders era to the early days of the Premier League, then this is the book to recall the mavericks - Fashanu, Fox and Peters, Townsend, Goss and Culverhouse - and the marvels of the Lost World of Football.

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Book SynopsisGot, Not Got: The Lost World of Ipswich Town is an Aladdin's cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to Portman Road's fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mud and magic - as well as a Blues-mad childhood of miniature tabletop games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. The book recalls a more innocent era of football, lingering longingly over relics from the good old days - Tractor Boys stickers and petrol freebies, league ladders, big-match programmes and much more - revisiting lost football culture, treasures and pleasures that are 100 per cent Ipswich Town. If you're a lifelong Ipswich fan, one of the army of obsessive soccer kids at any time from the arrival of Bobby Robson to the early days of the Premier League, then this is the book to recall the mavericks - Mariner, Muhren and Mills, Holland, Beattie and Butcher - and the marvels of the Lost World of Football.

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Book SynopsisIrresistible anecdotes, irrepressible characters, mindblowing stats and facts. Here's all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about Leicester City, coupled with a day-by-day diary of magical and memorable moments from the Foxes' rollercoaster history. Heard the one about the 0-12 drubbing at Forest after the players had attended 'Leggy' Turner's wedding? How about the goal that keeper Peter Shilton didn't know he'd scored? Or the 1974 team's funky single 'This Is the Season for Us'? Turn back the clock to 30 May 1994 when the Foxes finally won at Wembley at their seventh attempt. Revisit 10 August 1968, when City smashed the British transfer record, paying Fulham GBP150,000 for Allan Clarke. Or 23 August 1972, when Frank Worthington scored on his debut at Old Trafford. A brilliantly researched collection of trivia - essential for any fan who holds the riches of blue-and-white history close to their heart.

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Book SynopsisHow did George McCluskey become one of Celtic F.C.’s most memorable football players? What binds the fans and players and creates this strong sense of belonging? And what does the Irish diaspora have to do with Celtic F.C.? George McCluskey was one of the key strikers for the Hoops in the ‘70s and ‘80s, a successful time in the club’s history. He did not only score for his team, but changed the entire game in favour of Celtic more than once. In this account of his life story told by his close friend Aidan Donaldson, George McCluskey is praised as the embodiment of the Celtic spirit. His individual history is intertwined with the history and mentality of the club. However, George McCluskey did not only influence Celtic F.C. but also other clubs he played for and the people he has met during his life. This book takes you on a journey through the development of the club from its very beginning, as well as exploring the evolution of football in general. How did we get from football legends like George McCluskey to football celebrities like David Beckham? What did professional football look like back then, what constitutes it nowadays? This timely book will appeal not only to Celtic supporters, but to anyone interested in the development of professional football. His exuberant celebration depicted on the cover of the book remains iconic in the eyes of Celtic supporters today. His Cup winning goal led inadvertently to a riot and the banning of alcohol in Scottish football grounds. Trade Review.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements TimelinePersonal Introduction by George McCluskeyPreface by Joseph M Bradley Introduction Early life in Lanarkshire Chapter 1 The Irish Diaspora and Celtic Football Club Chapter 2 ‘The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree’ Chapter 3 School Days, Bus Protests and Celtic Win the European Cup! Chapter 4 Moving on, Changing School and Keeping your Appendix Early playing days and signing for Celtic Chapter 5 Starting on the Road to Paradise Chapter 6 Scoring against Bellshill Academy and England as Well Chapter 7 Signing for Celtic Playing in the green and white hoops of Celtic Chapter 8 Moving through the Ranks Chapter 9 Making a Debut, Starring against Rangers, then Catching a Bus Home Chapter 10 ‘Whatever Happened to that Young Boy McCluskey?’ Chapter 11 ‘Ten Men Won the League Tralalalala!’ Chapter 12 Real Madrid, How Tommy Burns Nearly Got us Killed in Spain and ‘That Goal’ Chapter 13 Three Strikers and a Rotation System Chapter 14 Stepping up to the Mark and Winning the League for Celtic Moving from Celtic before returning home Chapter 15 Paradise Lost – and a Loss to Paradise Chapter 16 From Celtic to Leeds – into a Different World Chapter 17 A Return to Scotland and a Brutal ‘Tackle’ Chapter 18 Paradise Regained – via Hamilton, Kilmarnock and Clyde Postscript

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Book SynopsisThis is a book celebrating all that is great with the game of football, as seen through the eyes of clubs and fans rarely bothered by satellite television cameras and the riches of the elite game, a vibrant world of humour, warmth and friendship worth far more than all the wealth of the Premier League. Why do people head out on windswept Saturday afternoons and wet Wednesday evenings watch lower and non-league teams play when they could watch Premier League football from the comfort of their living rooms? Does an international match between two countries that technically don’t exist have any meaning? Why do some people go to so much trouble volunteering to support clubs which run on a shoestring budget and are lucky to get even a glimpse of the limelight? Over the course of a season, Mat Guy set out to explore the less glamorous side of the beautiful game, travelling the backwaters of football across the length and breadth of the country – and beyond. He watched Bangor as they were cheerfully thrashed by Reykjavik’s UMF Stjarnan, was absolutely won over by the women’s game, and found a new team to love in Accrington Stanley. From Glasgow to Northern Cyprus, Bhutan to the Faroe Islands, Mat discovered the same hope, sense of community, and love of the game that first led him to a life in the stands at Salisbury FC’s Victoria Park, where his own passion for football was formed.Trade ReviewThe amazing story is a must read for any walk of life not just football fans. You could say we have adopted each other in a short space of time, its a great portrait of Accrington Stanley Football club and hopefully when this publication hits the world our club can gain more support like Mat. - Nick Westwell, Chairman, Official Accrington Stanley Supporters ClubTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1 Bangor City v UMF Stjarnan 13 2 Swindon Town v Southampton 20 3 HB Tórshavn v Skála 28 4 Wales Women v England Women 47 5 Cowes Sports v Yate Town 54 6 Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers 61 7 Northampton Town v Accrington Stanley 71 8 Aldershot Town v Bristol Rovers 77 9 Manchester City Ladies v Arsenal Ladies 83 10 Partick Thistle v St Johnstone 89 11 Tibet v North Cyprus 96 12 Wimbledon v Dagenham & Redbridge 121 13 England Women v Germany Women 128 14 Portsmouth v Accrington Stanley 134 15 Yeovil Town v Accrington Stanley 141 16 Lymington Town v Brockenhurst 146 17 Downton v Amesbury Town 152 18 Corinthian v Beckenham Town 158 19 Eastleigh v Torquay United 163 20 Plymouth Argyle v Bury 169 21 Sri Lanka v Bhutan 176 22 Accrington Stanley v York City 187 23 Lydd Town v Lewisham Borough 195 24 Accrington Stanley v Carlisle United 201 25 Dagenham & Redbridge v Accrington Stanley 208 26 The End of the Road 214

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Book SynopsisFollowing his first book, Another Bloody Saturday: A Journey to the Heart and Soul of Football, Mat Guy continues his exploration of the ‘beautiful game’ in Minnows United; an ode to the unsung heroes of football matches taking place out of the limelight, all over the world. From little known teams within the UK, to teams representing countries that, to most of the world, don’t even exist, Mat Guy travels to remote parts of the globe to experience football not only on the fringes of the pitch, but on the fringes of the world. On his travels, he watches matches in Iceland, interviews members of the Tibetan Women’s Football team, explores the impact of football in war-torn Palestine and explores the unsung heroes in the football clubs present throughout the length of the UK. What he finds is countries transcending the game itself and instead building communities, lifelines and friendship with football at the centre.Trade Review.

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Book SynopsisStand By Your Reds, written by award-winning sports journalist Bryan Cooney, takes readers to locations where few have ventured – notably, the sacrosanct dressing room and those secretive corridors of power. This engaging narrative, built from a chronology of forensic interviews, ranges from the fifties to the present and tells the stories of an idiosyncratic team and an inveterate fan. Although it never neglects the triumphs, it refuses to ignore the turbulences. Cooney features: The incendiary reign of Eddie Turnbull, manager, martinet; Stuart Kennedy – the first player to front up Furious Fergie; Why Jim Bett was unable to forgive the directors; Steve Paterson makes an extraordinary drinking debut; Leigh Griffiths – why he was the one who got away; The loneliest, most intimidating sacking of Milne’s life; and McInnes reveals what makes him really see red. Stand Free. Stand By Your Reds. Enjoy.Trade ReviewWaspish, insightful and in turns affectionate and critical of his club Bryan Cooney's Stand By Your Reds is an unashamedly biased, informed and boisterous account of one fan's decades-long marriage to the Dons. – Michael Grant, The Times 'I was attracted to this book because, not only does it chart the history of the Dons through the words of those who have been close to the action since the 1950s - eg: an enlightening meeting with Bobby Wishart - it is set alongside the remarkable and often chaotic career of a journalist who reached the very top in his chosen discipline. Bryan Cooney's incisive and penetrating questions to a wide range of former players, as well as to the club's current chairman Stewart Milne and manager Derek McInnes, are honest and the producers of revelatory answers. Cooney may be a fan, but he is not one to fall for the sanitised version of events nor the answers the PR men would rather went into print. For all that, there is a clear love from the author for a team he has followed since childhood and his clear expertise as an interviewer offers us an intriguing and entertaining read. This is an important addition to the best books on Scottish football.' – Frank Gilfeather, Sky Sports

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Book SynopsisAn estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless. 1.6 billion live in sub-standard housing. But how can such a simple game like football tackle such a complex problem? Mel Young and Peter Barr tell the story of the million homeless people in 70 countries who have taken part in the Homeless World Cup since it was founded in 2003 and the positive impact it has on the players and everyone else involved, including spectators. From refugees to drug addicts, orphans and the poorest of the poor, to homeless people from the world's richest countries, we read about the moving human drama behind the event and find out how a ball can change the world. Home Game provides an insight into the birth of the Homeless World Cup and how it has become such a global phenomenon, by looking at more than just facts. It shows how the power of sport can help excluded people transform their own lives and how the event has transformed attitudes to homelessness.Trade ReviewWhen people have a bad deal in life and things haven't been going their way, one of the ways they can get self-esteem back is through sport. The Homeless World Cup does that, and it also puts on the agenda that homelessness is a global issue. We all love football and we all hate homelessness – it's a no brainer. – Irvine Welsh Novelist and Ambassador for the Homeless World Cup All over the world, we've got to end homelessness. Everyone should have a home. It's a right and not a privilege. People treat the homeless as if they're sub-human. In order to overcome this discrimination, we have to unite against homelessness as we did when we fought apartheid. – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaking at the Homeless World Cup in Cape Town (2006)

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Book SynopsisHow can parents help their child to fulfil their potential both on and off the pitch and get the most out of our national sport? Every parent wants what's best for their child. Unfortunately, with very few resources available, parents of youth football players have had to mainly rely on guesswork, until now! Did You Win, Did You Score...? has 150 chapters to help guide parents through every step of their child's football journey and personal development both on and off the pitch. This book helps parents to understand the impact they can have, both positively and negatively, along with providing practical advice for helping their child to fulfil their potential and learn valuable life skills. This book will help parents facilitate a positive experience for their child and avoid the many unintentionally damaging behaviours that can lead to problems. It guides parents to help their child build positive characteristics for life such as resilience, confidence and a growth mindset along with helping them to be the best player they can be. It is as much about life as it is about football. It will help parents to enable their child to get the most out of the game to not only be the best player they can be on the pitch but also the best person they can be off it. Perry passes on his extensive knowledge and experience of working in grassroots and professional football for over twenty years and at every level of the game from beginners to Champions League winners. It can be read from cover to cover or used as a reference book to be delved into time and again throughout a child's football journey.

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Book SynopsisNotes on a Season 2021/2022 - The Chase is an official club book that provides a fascinating look back at this unique campaign in the words of the Liverpool manager who made it all possible. This is the story of an unforgettable campaign in Jurgen Klopp's own words about another famous chapter in Anfield history.

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Book SynopsisSo the exciting publishing adventure on this leading team on the Italian soccer scene continues. From that magical evening at the San Siro celebrating the Centenary to that heart-racing game under the pouring rain in Parma that resulted in the awarding to Inter of the 16th scudetto. Then the arrival of Mourinho and the triumph in the UEFA Super Cup thanks to a penalty, to the exciting race that ended with the winning of the fourth consecutive scudetto, the 17th in the team’s history. All this and more besides is in the official volume 101 Inter, with an abundance of extraordinary photos accompanied by texts by writers who are all great Inter fans.

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Book SynopsisA wealth of research in recent decades has seen the economic approach to human behavior extended over many areas previously considered to belong to sociology, political science, law, and other fields. This book uses soccer to test economic theories and document novel human behavior.Trade Review"[E]njoyably accessible to nonspecialists, especially sports enthusiasts, who will learn a great deal about soccer, economics, and human behavior more generally."--Foreign Affairs "Beautiful Game Theory shows what it is like to think deeply about a sport and to test your ideas with data... [I]t is a book I recommend unconditionally to those economists with even a passing sport."--John Considine, Sportseconomics.orgTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 FIRST HALF 1.Pele Meets John von Neumann in the Penalty Area 9 2.Vernon Smith Meets Messi in the Laboratory 31 3.Lessons for Experimental Design 45 4.Mapping Minimax in the Brain (with Antonio Olivero, Sven Bestmann, Jose Florensa Vila, and Jose Apesteguia) 58 5.Psychological Pressure on the Field and Elsewhere 68 HALFTIME 6.Scoring at Halftime 89 SECOND HALF 7.Favoritism under Social Pressure 107 8.Making the Beautiful Game a Bit Less Beautiful (with Luis Garicano) 124 9.Fear Pitch 151 10.From Argentina without Emotions 164 11.Discrimination: From the Makana Football Association to Europe 174 Acknowledgments 193 References 195 Index 205

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Book SynopsisThe Beckham enigma continues. Since the publication of Cashmore's challenging social biography in 2003, the working-class kid from the East London has left Manchester and conquered the world. Undisputedly one of the world's most famous men, Beckham has transcended sport to become an all-purpose cultural icon for the twenty-first century. What are the sources of Beckham's godlike status? Why does someone who looks good, but speaks in platitudes and does little but play football, command the adulation of the planet? By dissecting his life and setting it in context of the age of celebrity, Cashmore argues that Beckham has been turned into a product, a commodity that can be bought and sold like any other piece of merchandise. There is not just a person named Beckham: there are countless Beckhams that exist independently of time and space, constructions of peoples' imaginations. The second edition of Beckham updates the original's arguments, covering the eventsTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. OF FROGS AND PRINCES. 2. DISASTER OR DELIVERANCE?. 3. INTO THE WHIRLPOOL. 4. ARTISAN AND ARTIST. 5. THE WORLD IS JUST ABOUT ENOUGH. 6. VICTORIA’S MACHINE. 7. MANCHILD IN PURGATORY. 8. SEX, MASCULINITY AND THE TEMPTATION OF GAY MEN. 9. CUSTODIANS OF THE IMAGE. 10. MADONNA’S PACT. 11. AN AD, A PRODUCT AND A BRAND. 12. YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES ARE ALMOST UP. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisThe Beckham enigma continues. Since the publication of Cashmore's challenging social biography in 2003, the working-class kid from the East London has left Manchester and conquered the world. Undisputedly one of the world's most famous men, Beckham has transcended sport to become an all-purpose cultural icon for the twenty-first century. What are the sources of Beckham's godlike status? Why does someone who looks good, but speaks in platitudes and does little but play football, command the adulation of the planet? By dissecting his life and setting it in context of the age of celebrity, Cashmore argues that Beckham has been turned into a product, a commodity that can be bought and sold like any other piece of merchandise. There is not just a person named Beckham: there are countless Beckhams that exist independently of time and space, constructions of peoples' imaginations. The second edition of Beckham updates the original's arguments, covering the eventsTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. OF FROGS AND PRINCES. 2. DISASTER OR DELIVERANCE?. 3. INTO THE WHIRLPOOL. 4. ARTISAN AND ARTIST. 5. THE WORLD IS JUST ABOUT ENOUGH. 6. VICTORIA’S MACHINE. 7. MANCHILD IN PURGATORY. 8. SEX, MASCULINITY AND THE TEMPTATION OF GAY MEN. 9. CUSTODIANS OF THE IMAGE. 10. MADONNA’S PACT. 11. AN AD, A PRODUCT AND A BRAND. 12. YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES ARE ALMOST UP. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“One of the best English-language books on soccer in Latin America.”—Remezcla

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Book SynopsisDiscover the dreams, passions, and rivalries that are at stake in Latin America’s most popular sport. Futbol! explains why competitors and fans alike are so fiercely dedicated to soccer throughout the region. This is an indispensable guide for understanding soccer’s especially vital importance in Latin America.Trade ReviewAn engaging history of Latin America's most prevalent sport that adds to our understanding of nationalism and imagined communities." - Hispanic American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisIn Kicking Center, Rachel Allison investigates a women’s soccer league seeking to break into the male-dominated center of U.S. professional sport. Through an examination of the challenges and opportunities identified by those working for and with this league, she demonstrates how gender inequality is both constructed and contested in professional sport. Trade Review“A critical and much-needed addition to the scholarship on soccer in general and women’s soccer in particular. This book fills so many knowledge gaps that it is nothing short of a gift to either sports fan or sociologist.” -- Dave Zirin * sports editor, The Nation *“With the 1999 Women’s World Cup as her starting point, Rachel Allison traces the complex reasons why a glass ceiling exists on women’s advancement in professional sports. She offers a sophisticated, rigorous, and engaging account of how women’s sports leagues operate and how women’s soccer has been sold in the U.S. Anyone who cares about the future of women’s sports should read this book.” -- Cheryl Cooky * author of No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change *“Kicking Center is an engaging, well-written book. Allison offers just the right mix of academic findings and pop-culture references and provocations. This original work raises important questions and then answers them with vim, precision, and rigor.” -- Jules Boykoff * author of Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London *"Engendering Fandom: Audience Building in Women’s Professional Soccer" by Rachel Allison * The Society Pages - Engaging Sports *"A Sociological View on Selling Women’s Soccer: A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Allison," by RJ Allen * Backline Soccer *"One of the most comprehensive books on women and sport to come out in recent years....Those working in sport—including and perhaps especially men—to pick up this book and read it with an open mind." * Gender & Society *"Allison convincingly demonstrates the systematic marginalization of women’s athletics and athletes, who nonetheless challenge the inequalities they routinely face. Recommended." * Choice *"Despite growing audience, women's soccer still fighting for respect, says journalist," CBC "The Current" interview with Rachel Allison https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/despite-growing-audience-women-s-soccer-still-fighting-for-respect-says-journalist-1.5166142 * CBC "The Current" *"The sexism behind the ‘controversy’ over the U.S. women’s soccer team’s 13 goals," by Rachel Allisonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/14/sexism-behind-controversy-over-us-womens-soccer-teams-goals/?utm_term=.82bdd447ef0a * Washington Post *"Allison’s study reveals a complex field were women in sports have to navigate a thorny terrain – not be too feminine and sexy, not too butch, but still professional and gaining attention." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Kicking Center 1 Women’s Soccer in the United States 2 Business or Cause? Contested Goals 3 We’re Taking Over! Constructing the Fan Base 4 Image Politics and Media (In)Visibility Conclusion: Kicking Forward? Appendices Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Kicking Center, Rachel Allison investigates a women’s soccer league seeking to break into the male-dominated center of U.S. professional sport. Through an examination of the challenges and opportunities identified by those working for and with this league, she demonstrates how gender inequality is both constructed and contested in professional sport. Trade Review“A critical and much-needed addition to the scholarship on soccer in general and women’s soccer in particular. This book fills so many knowledge gaps that it is nothing short of a gift to either sports fan or sociologist.” -- Dave Zirin * sports editor, The Nation *“With the 1999 Women’s World Cup as her starting point, Rachel Allison traces the complex reasons why a glass ceiling exists on women’s advancement in professional sports. She offers a sophisticated, rigorous, and engaging account of how women’s sports leagues operate and how women’s soccer has been sold in the U.S. Anyone who cares about the future of women’s sports should read this book.” -- Cheryl Cooky * author of No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change *“Kicking Center is an engaging, well-written book. Allison offers just the right mix of academic findings and pop-culture references and provocations. This original work raises important questions and then answers them with vim, precision, and rigor.” -- Jules Boykoff * author of Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London *"Engendering Fandom: Audience Building in Women’s Professional Soccer" by Rachel Allison * The Society Pages - Engaging Sports *"A Sociological View on Selling Women’s Soccer: A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Allison," by RJ Allen * Backline Soccer *"One of the most comprehensive books on women and sport to come out in recent years....Those working in sport—including and perhaps especially men—to pick up this book and read it with an open mind." * Gender & Society *"Allison convincingly demonstrates the systematic marginalization of women’s athletics and athletes, who nonetheless challenge the inequalities they routinely face. Recommended." * Choice *"Despite growing audience, women's soccer still fighting for respect, says journalist," CBC "The Current" interview with Rachel Allison https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/despite-growing-audience-women-s-soccer-still-fighting-for-respect-says-journalist-1.5166142 * CBC "The Current" *"The sexism behind the ‘controversy’ over the U.S. women’s soccer team’s 13 goals," by Rachel Allisonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/14/sexism-behind-controversy-over-us-womens-soccer-teams-goals/?utm_term=.82bdd447ef0a * Washington Post *"Allison’s study reveals a complex field were women in sports have to navigate a thorny terrain – not be too feminine and sexy, not too butch, but still professional and gaining attention." * Idrottsforum *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Kicking Center 1 Women’s Soccer in the United States 2 Business or Cause? Contested Goals 3 We’re Taking Over! Constructing the Fan Base 4 Image Politics and Media (In)Visibility Conclusion: Kicking Forward? Appendices Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs a rhetorician who draws on both critical theory and culture, John Sloop seeks to read soccer as the game intersects with gender, race, sexuality, and class. The result of this engagement is a sense of both enormous possibility and real constraint.Trade ReviewSoccer’s Neoliberal Pitch will interest scholars in a number of fields, including communication, sport studies, American studies, and cultural studies. It offers an interesting and engaging account of how meanings of soccer’s past and present are subtly shaped by economic and cultural forces." —Thomas Oates, author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL

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Book SynopsisIn articles for the newspaper O Brado Africano in the mid-1950s, poet and journalist José Craveirinha described the ways in which the Mozambican football players in the suburbs of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) adapted the European sport to their own expressive ends.Trade Review“Domingos’s study goes far beyond similar ones of football in African and Latin American settings. He aims to put the bodies of men in Lourenço Marques at the center of a cultural and social history of the colonial city, and manages this with powerful insight and a fair degree of grace. This is a magnificent history of football in a colonial city in southern Africa.”“More than just a sports history, Football and Colonialism employs soccer as a prism through which to trace the shifting interactions between Africans and Europeans in Lourenço Marques. As Domingos effortlessly oscillates between colonial policy and indigenous response, he brings the city alive, and at the heart of the text are the African players themselves.”“[Following the Ball and Football and Colonialism] convincingly demonstrate that the histories of Mozambican football and of African migrants in Portugal have value and deserve to be told in their own right. … Individually and together, these impressive books greatly deepen our knowledge and understanding of football and society in Africa and Europe. I highly recommend them to specialists and general readers interested in sport, African Studies, and globalization.” * Idrottsforum *Nuno Domingos’ Football and Colonialism offers amazing insight into football in colonial Mozambique and represents a very important addition to the academic literature on football. As a well-researched work that integrates sociological and anthropological theory seamlessly into the historical narrative, it will also be of immense value to students of African history, colonial history, urban studies, as well as to those with an interest in popular culture and sports more generally. * African Studies Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisIn articles for the newspaper O Brado Africano in the mid-1950s, poet and journalist José Craveirinha described the ways in which the Mozambican football players in the suburbs of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) adapted the European sport to their own expressive ends.Trade Review“Domingos’s study goes far beyond similar ones of football in African and Latin American settings. He aims to put the bodies of men in Lourenço Marques at the center of a cultural and social history of the colonial city, and manages this with powerful insight and a fair degree of grace. This is a magnificent history of football in a colonial city in southern Africa.”“More than just a sports history, Football and Colonialism employs soccer as a prism through which to trace the shifting interactions between Africans and Europeans in Lourenço Marques. As Domingos effortlessly oscillates between colonial policy and indigenous response, he brings the city alive, and at the heart of the text are the African players themselves.”“[Following the Ball and Football and Colonialism] convincingly demonstrate that the histories of Mozambican football and of African migrants in Portugal have value and deserve to be told in their own right. … Individually and together, these impressive books greatly deepen our knowledge and understanding of football and society in Africa and Europe. I highly recommend them to specialists and general readers interested in sport, African Studies, and globalization.” * Idrottsforum *Nuno Domingos’ Football and Colonialism offers amazing insight into football in colonial Mozambique and represents a very important addition to the academic literature on football. As a well-researched work that integrates sociological and anthropological theory seamlessly into the historical narrative, it will also be of immense value to students of African history, colonial history, urban studies, as well as to those with an interest in popular culture and sports more generally. * African Studies Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisFrom bestselling author David Wangerin, a history of America's curious relationship with the beautiful gameTrade Review"Wangerin presents a remarkable history of soccer in America. The seventh book in Temple’s 'Sporting' series is one of the best recently published soccer books. Wangerin (Soccer in a Football World) provides a look at American soccer from the inside—not simply the records and statistics but the behind-the-scenes evolution of the U.S. game through club, college, and pro soccer. Also featured is the role of the city of St Louis in the rise of American soccer. VERDICT Best of all, Wangerin’s passion for the game combined with his keen insight make his book an essential read for soccer and sports fans everywhere. Highly recommended." —Library JournalTable of ContentsWorthy Diversions. An Introduction1. "Here they come!"2. Foreign bodies and freezing fans3. Bullets4. Mild Bill5. Dash, Desperation and Deviltry 6. California Gold7. Shot Out in Jersey

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Book SynopsisGrant Farred examines the careers of international soccer stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, along with his own experience playing for an amateur township team in apartheid South Africa, to theorize the relationship between sports and the intertwined experiences of relation, separation, and belonging.Trade Review"[Farred] draws examples from the world of sport to examine the state of being in relation, most notably international soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, considering their relations to fans, teammates, and coaches. He also reflexively draws on his own sporting experiences in the US and South Africa, considering his relations to fans as experienced throughout his life. The result is a comprehensive philosophical meditation on sport, showing how this can be applied to more fully understand how a self is constituted and reconstituted in relation to others." -- J. R. Mitrano * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xxv Introduction. Entre-Nous: Between the World and Me 1 1. A Condemned Man: Between the Nation and the Autonomista 29 Interlude. "Nog Lansur!" 97 2. The Shame of Loving the Condemned: The Philosophy of Óscar Washington Tabárez 163 Postscript 219 Notes 225 Bibliography 251 Index 253

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Book SynopsisGrant Farred examines the careers of international soccer stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, along with his own experience playing for an amateur township team in apartheid South Africa, to theorize the relationship between sports and the intertwined experiences of relation, separation, and belonging.Trade Review"[Farred] draws examples from the world of sport to examine the state of being in relation, most notably international soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, considering their relations to fans, teammates, and coaches. He also reflexively draws on his own sporting experiences in the US and South Africa, considering his relations to fans as experienced throughout his life. The result is a comprehensive philosophical meditation on sport, showing how this can be applied to more fully understand how a self is constituted and reconstituted in relation to others." -- J. R. Mitrano * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xxv Introduction. Entre-Nous: Between the World and Me 1 1. A Condemned Man: Between the Nation and the Autonomista 29 Interlude. "Nog Lansur!" 97 2. The Shame of Loving the Condemned: The Philosophy of Óscar Washington Tabárez 163 Postscript 219 Notes 225 Bibliography 251 Index 253

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Book SynopsisSince he was a young adult, Grant Farred has wandered the world. Born in South Africa, his own personal growth was fueled by dreams of English football, as a player, and then, when age and reality set in, as a fan. Coming to the United States at a still young age, Farred still loved football -- especially Liverpool -- and watched it from afar. Writing about his experience, Farred shares with the reader his experience growing up colored in South Africa, moving to England, and finally to the US, and how his passion for football kept company with his many moves. Along the way, he talks about the contradictions of football; how race and class politics mix on and off the pitch; how Farred's own ideas about what it means to be a colonial subject is both reinforced and liberated by the idea of football, and how players can serve as gods and mosnters. Trade Review"A fascinating exploration of a sporting obsession conducted across continents and political divides. Grant Farred's narrative shows how sport both transcends and embodies politics, how close you can get and how far away you will always remain from your sporting heroes. Just as American businessmen have started to buy into English soccer in order to profit from its global appeal, this book provides a powerful explanation of the breadth and depth of the passion that the game can evoke." Stefan Szymanski, Cass Business School, London "That Farred writes well about football is beyond debate. He brings a distinctive passion to the topic along with a wealth of analytic insights that will please readers versed in the rich lore of the sport and alert to its growing status as an exemplary vehicle of globalization." Andrew Ross, New York University "More than a love letter to his beloved Liverpool Football Club, this is a journey into the present, from Farred's early years as an outcast in apartheid South Africa through Videla's Argentina and Franco's Spain to the docklands of Liverpool. It is a journey as much spiritual as temporal by a long-distance fan who reads like a latter-day Bill Shankly, albeit with the style and sophistication of a scholar." Bill Murray, author of The World's game: A History of Soccer and The Old Firm: Sectarianism, sport and society in Scotland "Remarkable...In delightfully exuberant prose, Farred recounts a passion that, for him, borders on religion... Long Distance Love is a playful -- yet no less brilliant -- work of political theory; its contribution to political thought comes from making such hopeful statements without compromising the immoderate passions that sports fandom indulge." Centre Daily TimesTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgementsIntroductionA Talk, Drinks, and Dinner with GodChapter 1Long Distance Love: Growing Up a Liverpool Football Club FanChapter 2Som més que un club, però menys que una nació.“More than a Club but Less than a Nation.Chapter 3Careless Whispers: The Doubleness of Spanish LoveChapter 4:At Home, Out of PlaceChapter 5:God's Team: The Painful Pleasure of the Miracle on the Bosphorus Chapter 6:The Gerrard Final

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Book SynopsisThe early history of soccer in the United States has received relatively little scholarly attention. While the sport's failure to make cultural inroads has been the source of much reflection and retrospection, other pastimes such as baseball, basketball, and American football have been covered far more extensively. Soccer Frontiers helps to fill this gap and correct the widespread notion that soccer was unfamiliar in the United States before the late twentieth century.Editors Chris Bolsmann and George N. Kioussis's collection sheds light on America's little-known soccer history by focusing on the game's presence in major American cities between 1863 and 1913. As waves of immigrants arrived and American cities began to industrialize and become sizable cultural hubs, soccer, too, began to flourish. With essays focused on the years between the Civil War and World War I—a period which saw the creation of both the English Football Association and the US Soccer Federation—this volume also offers diverse regional representation, moving from New England to the South to the West Coast.Soccer Frontiers seeks to identify the distinctive yet understudied traits of American soccer, thereby contributing an important missing piece to the broader puzzle of American sport history.

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Book SynopsisAustralian women’s football rides high on the sporting landscape now, but this book shows that success has been one-hundred years in the making. It shares stories of triumph in the face of overwhelming odds, and tales of heartbreak and obstacles that seem insurmountable. But it is also about community, endurance and collective success.Eye-opening and celebratory, it tells the story of amateur women kicking a ball around a century ago to Australia’s national team being one of the best in the world. The Matildas are forty years old and no longer have to wear hand-me-down men’s kits, pay for their own medical insurance and do it all for love not money. But there have been no free kicks along the way as they have faced prejudice and even outright hostility.Never Say Die takes in dusty archives, rainy pitch-side evenings and heart-breaking and heart-warming interviews – including with FIFA and FFA board members, Matildas past and present, W-League coaches and players, state and club administrators. But at its heart are fans from every level of the game who could not love it more.Written by two football fanatics, with access to key figures in Australian women’s football, the book shows that the overnight success of Australian women’s football has been one hundred years in the making.

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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive Handbook, John Goddard and Peter Sloane present a collection of analytical contributions by internationally regarded scholars in the field, which extensively examine the many economic challenges facing the world's most popular team sport.The Handbook is naturally divided into four parts: the product market, the labour market, country studies of individual leagues and policy issues. The authors explore why so many football clubs face financial difficulties despite the fact that attendances have risen in many countries, and television and commercial income has increased dramatically. They explain that the labour market is central to understanding these issues, due to trends such as increased bargaining power for the leading players, the acceleration of migration, and the internationalization of the market for footballing talent at the top level. There is, however, diversity across countries as shown in the six cases of England, France, Italy, The Netherlands, the USA and Japan. Finally, the authors consider the policy issues, including the betting market, refereeing and corruption.This Handbook will appeal to sports economists, as well as those working in football governing bodies and individual clubs, sports journalists, and students of business.Contributors: W. Andreff, R. Baker, C.P. Barros, T. Boeri, S. Bridgewater, B. Buraimo, F. Carmichael, E. Couto, P. Dawson, P. Downward, D. Forrest, B. Frick, B. Gerrard, J. Goddard, J. Horne, T. Jewell, S. Kesenne, R. Koning, W. Manzenreiter, I. McHale, S. Morrow, D. Owen, R. Poli, J. Reade, B. Reilly, A. Samagaio, B. Severgnini, R. Simmons, P. Sloane, S. Szymanski, D. ThomasTrade Review‘An invaluable complement to professional journals for those whose day job is understanding, teaching, researching, or effecting public policy on any number of sports-economics matters.’ -- A.R. Sanderson, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction John Goddard and Peter Sloane PART 1 THE PRODUCT MARKET 1. Club Objectives P. Sloane 2. The Promotion and Relegation System J. Goddard 3. Measurement of Competitive Balance and Uncertainty of Outcome D. Owen 4. Spectator Demand and Attendances in English League Football B. Buraimo 5. The Collection and Distribution of Media Rights in a Win Maximisation League S. Kesenne 6. Football Finances S. Morrow 7. Insolvency in English Football S. Szymanski 8. Sponsorship and Football S. Bridgewater 9. Econometric modelling of Match Results and Scores I. McHale and Rose Baker PART 2 THE LABOUR MARKET 10. Team Performance : Production Efficiency in Football F. Carmichael and D. Thomas 11. Management Ability, Strategy, Tactics and Team Performance C. Pestana Barros, E. Couto and A. Samagaio 12. Achieving Transactional Efficiency in Professional Team Sports; The Theory and Practice of Player Valuation W. Gerrard 13. The Footballers’ Labour Market after the Bosman Ruling B. Frick and R. Simmons 14. International Migration of Professional Footballers R. Poli 15. Labour Market Discrimination B. Reilly 16. The Football Manager J. Goddard PART 3 COUNTRY STUDIES 17. English Professional Football P. Downward 18. French Professional Football: How Much Different? W. Andreff 19. The Decline of Professional Football in Italy T. Boeri and B. Severgnini 20. Professional Soccer in the Netherlands R. Koning 21. Major League Soccer in the USA T. Jewell 22. Professional Football in Japan W. Manzenreiter and J. Horne PART 4 POLICY ISSUES 23. Football and Betting D. Forrest 24. Refereeing and Infringement of the Rules P. Dawson 25. Detecting Corruption in Football J. Reade Index

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM.This book explores the pivotal role that football played as part of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ national unity project centred on the peace process with the FARC. Football has huge political and social capital in Latin America, and has often been rhetorically deployed by governments for various ends; rarely, however, has football’s power and potential been used in such a deliberate, strategic and active way towards a national peace process and targeted such enduring divisions that have historically impeded a sense of a united nation and national identity. Football in Colombia is understood popularly as one of the few things capable of uniting the country, a belief that Santos seized upon as the national team had a successful campaign in the 2014 World Cup. This first book on Colombian football in English explores previous iterations of football nationalism in the country, including the El Dorado and ‘Narcofootball’ eras, before analysing Santos’ three-pronged strategy empowering professional and amateur football, including the use of political speeches and Twitter, legislation and public policy, and Sport for Development and Peace campaigns, with a particular focus on football in the FARC demobilisation and reincorporation camps following the historic peace agreement.Table of ContentsGlossaryTable and illustrations indexIntroductionChapter 1: Football and nation in Latin AmericaChapter 2: ‘Football is the only thing that unites us’: A history of football nationalism in ColombiaChapter 3: ‘#VamosColombia’: The footballization of Colombia and nation-building by Santos through speeches and tweetsChapter 4: ‘The route for action’: Football-specific legislation and public policyChapter 5: Football for peace: football-based government SDP campaigns towards nation buildingConclusion: #OneCountryOnAPitch?AcknowledgementsReferencesNewspapers and WebsitesFilms and VideosPersonal Interviews

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Book SynopsisThis original Research Handbook examines the key legal aspects of a professional football club’s actions. Reflecting also on the role of key governing bodies such as UEFA, the Handbook informs and contributes to the ongoing debate surrounding the governance and behaviours of professional football clubs. By placing professional clubs at the centre of the analysis, the Handbook offers an extensive overview of how law, particularly at a European level, is applied to professional football. Chapters explore key actors within the industry, from prominent governing bodies to players, examining how significant club changes such as transfers affect the economic and legal management of clubs. At a time when professional football is coming under increasing scrutiny, this Handbook will encourage critical thinking on the future of clubs’ design, organisation and function. This illuminating Research Handbook will be of interest to law and business students endeavouring to investigate sports law and governance. It will additionally be beneficial to policymakers, along with legal and business actors, who are working with professional football clubs and seeking to reflect critically on industry features and legalities.Trade Review‘This Research Handbook offers a thoughtful and systematic analysis of the most relevant issues surrounding professional football clubs’ law and governance. It is a timely and original work, which will enable academics, professionals and students to approach a wide range of topics from a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars and practitioners.’ -- Carmen Pérez González, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain‘Football law involves increasingly complex considerations. This legal handbook reflects the challenges of a legal nature that arise as a result of the commercialization and internationalization of professional football and is a must-read for football lawyers and others involved in the football industry.’ -- Espen Auberg, formerly Head of Legal at the Norwegian FA and Attorney-at-Law, Advokatfirmaet NOVA DA, Oslo, Norway‘With three cases pending before the Court of Justice of the EU in 2023, professional football's governance confronts a perfect storm. The judges can pave the way for reform of football's governance. This book and its editor deserve praise for their approach, highlighting the importance of the law for professional football and clubs in particular, and inspiring critical thinking.’ -- Jean-Louis Dupont, Lawyer and Member of the Barcelona Bar, Dupont-Hissel, Spain‘This book is a must have for all those interested in football and the law. It covers all material aspects relevant to professional football clubs. Importantly, it critically assesses professional football's governance and elucidates its complex relationship with the EU rule of law, whilst at the same time providing food for thought on what sustainable professional football for the future could look like.’ -- José Ángel Sánchez, Chief Executive Officer, Real Madrid, Spain‘This Handbook, which focuses on the Law of Professional Football Clubs, features contributions from leading experts on various aspects of professional football, including organization, licensing, financial fair play, finances, players and compliance, corporate social responsibility, and dispute resolution. As we approach a crucial year for the future of European football, it is important to consider these topics from different academic perspectives.’ -- Sergio González García, University Rey Juan Carlos, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Law of Professional Football Clubs 1 Robby Houben PART I THE ORGANISATION OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL 1 The football industry 7 Tom Bason and Benoit Senaux 2 Organisation of European professional football: A stakeholder theory analysis 29 Richard Parrish 3 The European football competition model (under stress) 48 Katarina Pijetlovic 4 Scoring across the pond—a comparison of football governance models 72 William W. Berry III and William N. Morris PART II LICENSING AND FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY 5 Professional football club licensing in Europe 90 Wino van Veen 6 Owning a football club 116 Siniša Petrović 7 Financial fair play and financial monitoring in Europe 135 Christopher Flanagan 8 Managing more than a football club 161 Hallgeir Gammelsæter PART III FINANCING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUBS 9 The football club as media supplier: Media rights 176 Steve Cornelius 10 Commercial contracts: Sponsoring and ticketing 194 Shaun Star and Joost Vynckier 11 The football stadium 218 Andrea Cattaneo 12 The listed football club 237 Michiel De Muynck and Lennert Poelmans PART IV PLAYERS 13 The status and role of players in the football industry 259 Michele Colucci and Roy Vermeer 14 Player transfers 275 F.M. (Frans) de Weger and D.J. (Dannick) Luckson 15 Football agents 305 Stephen Weatherill 16 Taxation of professional football players and football clubs 326 Anne Van de Vijver and Karolina Tetłak PART V COMPLIANCE, CSR AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION 17 Compliance and money laundering in professional football: An evolving field 349 Niels Appermont and William Bull 18 Social responsibility, stakeholders and professional football clubs: From ‘window-dressing’ to civic wealth creation 370 Annette Greenhow 19 Dispute resolution in professional football 394 Jacopo Tognon and Priscilla Bortolin PART VI CONCLUDING REMARKS Concluding remarks 408 Robby Houben Index

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Book SynopsisThe football industry has long been the subject of theoretical and empirical analysis by economists. A study of the economics of football throws up a range of intriguing questions - from what determines the level of attendance at football matches to how efficient football managers are in producing team performance, given the playing resources available. This important collection considers these and other questions - such as: What drives the transfer value of players? How has the changing structure of football's labour market affected sporting and financial outcomes? How effective have football leagues been in maintaining competitive balance? Do football clubs seek to maximise profits? How predictable are football matches? Is the football betting market efficient?This authoritative two volume collection pulls together the work of leading sports economists over the last five decades to answer these and other questions using consumer theory, labour economics, industrial organisation and a range of other theoretical insights combined with econometric analysis. These innovative volumes bring together a careful synthesis of applied economics that will be of interest to all those concerned with analysing the real world.Trade Review‘The Economics of Association Football has a well-deserved spot on my bookshelf. In a technically competent and eminently readable style, with many new insights, Professor Gerrard provides the essential converge (demand, supply, labor, league structure, industrial performance) and much more. We get the first comprehensive treatment of betting market efficiency determined by actual match outcomes. And we are all better off from his impressive comparison of open leagues (promotion and relegation) and closed leagues (North American style). In the vernacular "a master on the sports business pitch scores a clear goal".' -- Rodney D. Fort, Washington State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Bill Gerrard PART I ATTENDANCE DEMAND 1. R.A. Hart, J. Hutton and T. Sharot (1975), ‘A Statistical Analysis of Association Football Attendances’ 2. Peter J.W.N. Bird (1982), ‘The Demand for League Football’ 3. Nicholas Jennett (1984), ‘Attendances, Uncertainty of Outcome and Policy in Scottish League Football’ 4. Bruce Walker (1986), ‘The Demand for Professional League Football and the Success of Football League Teams: Some City Size Effects’ 5. David Peel and Dennis Thomas (1988), ‘Outcome Uncertainty and the Demand for Football: An Analysis of Match Attendances in the English Football League’ 6. S.M. Dobson and J.A. Goddard (1992), ‘The Demand for Standing and Seated Viewing Accommodation in the English Football League’ 7. S.M. Dobson and J.A. Goddard (1995), ‘The Demand for Professional League Football in England and Wales, 1925–92’ 8. Mark Baimbridge, Samuel Cameron and Peter Dawson (1996), ‘Satellite Television and the Demand for Football: A Whole New Ball Game?’ 9. Robert Simmons (1996), ‘The Demand for English League Football: A Club-level Analysis’ 10. David Forrest and Robert Simmons (2002), ‘Outcome Uncertainty and Attendance Demand in Sport: The Case of English Soccer’ 11. David Forrest, Robert Simmons and Patrick Feehan (2002), ‘A Spatial Cross-sectional Analysis of the Elasticity of Demand for Soccer’ PART II THE SPORTING PRODUCTION FUNCTION 12. Richard Audas, Stephen Dobson and John Goddard (1997), ‘Team Performance and Managerial Change in the English Football League’ 13. Rick Audas, Stephen Dobson and John Goddard (1999), ‘Organizational Performance and Managerial Turnover’ 14. Fiona Carmichael, Dennis Thomas and Robert Ward (2000), ‘Team Performance: The Case of English Premiership Football’ 15. Peter Dawson, Stephen Dobson and Bill Gerrard (2000), ‘Estimating Coaching Efficiency in Professional Team Sports: Evidence from English Association Football’ 16. Dieter J. Haas (2003), ‘Technical Efficiency in the Major League Soccer’ 17. R.H. Koning (2003), ‘An Econometric Evaluation of the Effect of Firing a Coach on Team Performance’ PART III THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS’ LABOUR MARKET AND TRANSFER SYSTEM 18. Peter J. Sloane (1969), ‘The Labour Market in Professional Football’ 19. F. Carmichael and D. Thomas (1993), ‘Bargaining in the Transfer Market: Theory and Evidence’ 20. Robert Simmons (1997), ‘Implications of the Bosman Ruling for Football Transfer Markets’ 21. Alan Speight and Dennis Thomas (1997), ‘Arbitrator Decision-making in the Transfer Market: An Empirical Analysis’ 22. Fiona Carmichael, David Forrest and Robert Simmons (1999), ‘The Labour Market in Association Football: Who Gets Transferred and For How Much?’ 23. Peter Antonioni and John Cubbin (2000), ‘The Bosman Ruling and the Emergence of a Single Market in Soccer Talent’ 24. Thomas Ericson (2000), ‘The Bosman Case: Effects on the Abolition of the Transfer Fee’ 25. Bill Gerrard and Steve Dobson (2000), ‘Testing for Monopoly Rents in the Market for Playing Talent: Evidence from English Professional Football’ 26. Stefan Szymanski (2000), ‘A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues’ 27. Spiros Bougheas and Paul Downward (2003), ‘The Economics of Professional Sports Leagues: Some Insights on the Reform of Transfer Markets’ 28. Eberhard Feess and Gerd Muehlheusser (2003), ‘Transfer Fee Regulations in European Football’ 29. Claudio Lucifora and Rob Simmons (2003), ‘Superstar Effects in Sport: Evidence from Italian Soccer’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I COMPETITIVE BALANCE AND LEAGUE STRUCTURE 1. N. Jennett and P.J. Sloane (1985), ‘The Future League Football: A Critique of the Report of the Chester Committee of Enquiry’ 2. John A. Cairns (1987), ‘Evaluating Changes in League Structure: The Reorganization of the Scottish Football League’ 3. Thomas Hoehn and Stefan Szymanski (1999), ‘The Americanization of European Football’ 4. Stefan Szymanski (2001), ‘Income Inequality, Competitive Balance and the Attractiveness of Team Sports: Some Evidence and a Natural Experiment from English Soccer’ 5. Roger G. Noll (2002), ‘The Economics of Promotion and Relegation in Sports Leagues: The Case of English Football’ 6. Luigi Buzzacchi, Stefan Szymanski and Tommaso M. Valletti (2003), ‘Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive Balance’ 7. Stephen Dobson and John Goddard (2004), ‘Revenue Divergence and Competitive Balance in a Divisional Sports League’ PART II INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE 8. Peter J. Sloane (1971), ‘The Economics of Professional Football: The Football Club as a Utility Maximiser’ 9. Stefan Szymanski and Ron Smith (1997), ‘The English Football Industry: Profit, Performance and Industrial Structure’ 10. S.M. Dobson and J.A. Goddard (1998), ‘Performance and Revenue in Professional League Football: Evidence from Granger Causality Tests’ 11. Stephen Dobson and John Goddard (1998), ‘Performance, Revenue, and Cross Subsidization in the Football League, 1927–1994’ 12. Stephen Dobson, John Goddard and Carlyn Ramlogan (2001), ‘Revenue Convergence in the English Soccer League’ 13. Stephen Hall, Stefan Szymanski and Andrew S. Zimbalist (2002), ‘Testing Causality Between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer’ 14. Bill Gerrard (2005), ‘A Resource-Utilization Model of Organizational Efficiency in Professional Sports Teams’ PART III MATCH PREDICTION AND BETTING MARKET EFFICIENCY 15. Peter F. Pope and David A. Peel (1989), ‘Information, Prices and Efficiency in a Fixed-Odds Betting Market’ 16. Mark J. Dixon and Stuart G. Coles (1997), ‘Modelling Association Football Scores and Inefficiencies in the Football Betting Market’ 17. Michael Cain, David Law and David Peel (2000), ‘The Favourite-longshot Bias and Market Efficiency in UK Football Betting’ 18. David Forrest and Robert Simmons (2000), ‘Forecasting Sport: The Behaviour and Performance of Football Tipsters’ 19. David Forrest and Robert Simmons (2000), ‘Making Up the Results: The Work of the Football Pools Panel, 1963–1997’ 20. Tim Kuypers (2000), ‘Information and Efficiency: An Empirical Study of a Fixed Odds Betting Market’ 21. Martin Crowder, Mark Dixon, Anthony Ledford and Mike Robinson (2002), ‘Dynamic Modelling and Prediction of English Football League Matches for Betting’ PART IV INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 22. Ruud H. Koning (2000), ‘Balance in Competition in Dutch Soccer’ 23. Jaume García and Plácido Rodríguez (2002), ‘The Determinants of Football Match Attendance Revisited: Empirical Evidence From the Spanish Football League’ 24. Manuel Espitia-Escuer and Lucía Isabel García-Cebrián (2004), ‘Measuring the Efficiency of Spanish First-Division Soccer Teams’ Name Index

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