Football category: 4223 books
Touching Distance
Kevin Keegan, The Entertainers & Newcastle's Impossible Dream
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
At the start of February, 1992, Newcastle United were facing relegation to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history. They were also facing bankruptcy. St James' Park had been neglected, the club's best players had been sold. In a daring move, Newcastle appointed Kevin...
25,000 Miles to Glory
Football, Freedom, Friendship, And America
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Rhett Grametbauer, an intensely passionate football fan, writer, filmmaker, entrepreneur and proud owner of a 1967 split-window VW Bus decides to leave his life in Austin, Texas to live a childhood dream of visiting every NFL stadium in one season. Accompanied by fellow football fan and producer, Grayson...
by Dave Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
When Dave Roberts relocates to the USA, his wife informs him that they can only take what is 'absolutely essential'. Packing his collection of football programmes (1,134 of them - football fans are sticklers for statistics), Dave is aghast to be informed that the programmes do not fall into that category....
Football and the Women's World Cup
Organisation, Media and Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in both the UK and across the world, and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament the sport had ever seen. This book explores the experience of fans of women's football who followed their teams in Canada, examining their practices...
Breakdown
A Season of Gang Warfare, High School Football, and the Coach Who Policed the Streets
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
A cop-turned-coach takes youth from gang-ridden streets to the gridiron From the author of Irish Thunder comes the true story about the collision of violent crime and high school football in a tough New England town. Friday Night Lights meets Boyz n the Hood in this book about a football coach—also...
Into the Light
A Complete History of Sunderland Football Club
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Into the Light reveals the full thrilling story of Sunderland Football Club - charting the club's progress from being the first great team to dominate the Football League, to the squad which returned to the top of English soccer at the dawn of the new millennium. Hutchinson traces a journey from Newcastle...
Gridiron Genius
A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship level. From personnel to practice to game-day decisions that win titles, Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers,...
Wasting Your Wildcard
The Method and Madness of Fantasy Football
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Every Saturday afternoon, 5.8 million people around the world settle down to see how their team will get on.
But this isn’t the team they support. It’s THEIR team.
They have spent hour after hour assessing injuries, swapping subs and tweaking formations. Because when the day is done...
God is Round
Tackling the Giants, Villains, Triumphs, and Scandals of the World's Favorite Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
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A brilliant, kaleidoscopic exploration of soccer—and the passion, hopes, rivalries, superstitions, and global solidarity it inspires—from award-winning author and Mexico’s leading sports journalist, Juan Villoro. On a planet where FIFA has more members than the United Nations and...
by Tim Green
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL defensive end Tim Green comes a football story about a boy who is given a chance to prove that wealth and privilege don’t matter on the football field, as long as he has the skills to compete. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica!
Cory has...
by Mike Berenstain
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
The Berenstain Bears are ready to play football in this new action-packed addition to the classic New York Times bestselling series.
The family cannot wait to watch the Grizzly Bowl! As they wait for the big game to start, the cubs huddle outside to play football. Will Brother score the winning...
by Mark Andrew Weakland
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Fans with face paint, a grassy green field, the home jerseys of your favorite team—colors fill every football game, and every page of this football-themed color concept book. With awesome photos and simple text, Football Colors is sure to be a fan favorite.
by Kevin Welch
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Do you remember when you fell in love with football? Did you ever have a time when football was everything? A summer when all you did was play football, in the street, on the field, in the park, in the house?
This is the story of two young boys Tommy and Jake who decide they want to...
by Nick Holt
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
You can never take what you love too seriously and The Periodic Table of Football celebrates this fact.
Welcome to The Periodic Table of Football. Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you’ll find Pelé to Sepp Blatter – 108 elements from the football pantheon arranged by their properties...