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When a young Gareth’s PE teacher told him he could only play with one foot to give the other team a chance, it was obvious he was a special talent. His early career was a constant struggle. He was dogged by injuries and was almost sold by Spurs after fans believed he was cursed—they failed to...

These essays provide a critical investigation of football cultures, examining local and national impacts of the game's new millennial order over five continents.

Hull City have been in existence 110 years, and while the last ten have seen the club rise from the bottom of League Two to reach the Premier League, there is a rich and varied history to look back on. Highlights such as an FA Cup semi-final, the magnificent Raich Carter era and the Wagstaff and Chilton...

West Bromwich Albion FC was one of the founding members of the Football League. They have spent a majority of the last 125 years in the top flight of English football and, aided by some fantastic players, they have produced many record-breaking achievements and stunning performances. In West Bromwich...

The 1970s had been a generous decade to the Norfolk club. It had witnessed promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history, relegation, promotion, a first and then second ever visit to Wembley for a major cup final, as well as the appointment of the club’s very...

Football Grounds: A Fans Guide is essential reading for any supporter who intends following their team away from home during the 2017/18 season. Covering all 92 football grounds of the English Premier and Football Leagues as well as the Cup Finals and League Play Offs venue, Wembley Stadium, it is...

Manchester United are the biggest and best supported football club in the world. This book is all about the anthems and rivalries straight from the terraces of Old Trafford, a must for any Manchester United Fan no matter where you are on the globe.

This is what your coaches would have said to you if you were a boy, told through the story of a small-college team that won more games than it ever had a right to win. It’s an inspiring and straightforward look at the qualities that define the most competitive females, and what separates the ones...

"I saw men under pressure. I saw men succeed and more men fail. I always wondered where the difference lay." What separates the good from the truly great players? How do football managers get the best out of their team? How do you come back from a crushing defeat to win? In...

LUTON TOWN, a top-flight club throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, suffered a catastrophic slide out of the Football League, helped on their way by stringent and controversial penalties imposed by the football authorities. After eighty-nine years among the elite, this well supported club found itself,...

For Charlton Athletic Football Club supporters, their club will always be a part of their lives. A Charlton supporter since the mid-1960s, David Ramzan has seen some of the best and worst of times – from playing in the old Second Division, dropping into the Third, ground sharing with local rivals,...

How did the inflatable banana save football? Did you know Pope John-Paul II was a follower? How MCFC almost started World War III. ‘You have no history’ is a familiar chant heard by Manchester City fans, who are used to being tormented for years of apparent underachievement. From the very first...

Kevin Drinkell has always put himself in the firing line. Now he lifts the lid on his rollercoaster life in football - as a striker, manager and now as a top football agent. 'Drinks' was one of the most sought after talents in the British game and reveals for the first time how Grimsby Town blocked...

Football rivalry is a common factor anywhere in the world where the sport is played. But some take it far more seriously than others. In Sheffield, the traditional capital of Britain's steel manufacturing industry, there is no greater tribal divide than that between fans of Sheffield United and Sheffield...