Football category: 4223 books
by Keith Gaddie
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Love OU Football? Love trivia? Think you know every bit of trivia on Oklahoma Sooner Football? Think again. It’s time to find out how smart you really are about the Sooners. Test your knowledge of one of the greatest sports programs in America. Learn the fascinating facts that made the Oklahoma...
British Asians and Football
Culture, Identity, Exclusion
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
In spite of a great passion in the game and significant involvement at amateur level, British Asians are under-represented in professional football. This book asks how and why this situation has developed, using extensive interviews with British Asian football players to offer an insider’s assessment...
by Jason Dickinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
As one of the oldest league clubs in the Football League, Sheffield Wednesday can boast a rich and fascinating history, from their formation back in 1867 to present day. The Owls have now played over 4,600 games in league soccer and hundreds more in cup competitions. Known the world over, thanks in...
by Umberto Vitali
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
THE NEW YOUTH FOOTBALL because we need to have a modern concept of youth football to 360 °, that is in addition to the qualities: physical, technical, psychological of the young footballer, we must take account of: food, health, morality, sociality, lifestyle, legality, etc ...
That is this...
Still Running
The Autobiography of Kentucky’S Nate Northington, the First African American Football Player in the Southeastern Conference
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Seven days after Nate Northington was born, in October 1947, the NAACP made an appeal to the world on racism before the United Nations.
As Nate grew up within an ever-changing and often volatile world plagued by bigotry and hatred, even he could not have predicted what would happen twenty years...
Youth Football Coaching
Developing your team through the season
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Most youth football teams are managed by amateur coaches, parents and teachers who have a love of the game, but often don't have the relevant coaching qualifications or training. You want the best for and out of your team, but where do you start? Youth Football Coaching is essential reading for all...
by John Riddle
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
The King of Cappielow, with a fitting Foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, is a tribute to the much-loved Scottish footballing legend, Andy Ritchie. He was born in Glasgow in 1956 and developed a passion for football from a young age. As a teenager he went for trials with several English clubs, but in...
'If I started to cry, I wouldn't stop'
What I talk about when I talked about football and Australia
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
*If I started to cry, I wouldn't stop' * - a quote taken from former Australian football captain, Lucas Neill, is a snapshot in time - of the glorious, problematic, and cursed path of football in Australia (yes all those things), starting with Mark Bosnich in Sydney in 1996 and ending with Harry...
Play College Football
A Guide for High School Athletes and their Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
James Weatherford is the fater of two sons who played college football, a 12 year army veteran, and a computer programmer. After years of photographing his sons games and building team websites, he was no more ready to give up football than his sons were. Since they weren't being recruited he realized...
From Graveyard to Ambition
The Official History of the Swansea City Supporters Trust
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
It was Dylan Thomas that described Swansea once as 'The Graveyard of Ambition', but back in 2001, a small group of supporters discussed the possibility of forming a supporters' trust. Just three months later that group was thrust to the forefront of a battle to save a football club that had for so...
by Ralph Vacchiano
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Join the Pro Football Hall of Fame in celebrating the legendary defensive end, announcer, and television personality! This new biography is based on interviews with Michael Strahan himself!
Everybody loves Michael Strahan. As a defensive end for the New York Giants, he had the most sacks ever...
Dream Season
A Professor Joins America's Oldest Semi-Pro Football Team
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A rookie outsider chases his sports-obsessed dream to relive his football glory days in “the ultimate fan book” (The New York Times).
Bob Cowser, Jr. is a happy husband, father, and English professor in upstate New York. Only one thing is missing: the exhilaration he felt as a young man in...
by Brunette Lenkić, Rob Hess
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Finally a book whose time has come: a comprehensive and authoritative centenary history of women’s Australian Rules football by the country’s two foremost experts in the women’s game. For a century, women have been playing Australian Rules football, but who knew? These days, 200,000 girls and...
by Ray Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
In soccer, attacking sessions are loved by players. The chance to be creative, attack, and score goals is hugely prized by players at all levels of the game.The final piece of soccer is creating and scoring goals, and it has the reputation of being the most difficult part of the game – not...