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Turf Wars
A History of London Football
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Few cities in the world have as many professional football clubs as London and none have the history explored in this book by journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue. It was in the English capital that the Football Association - the first of its kind anywhere - was founded in 1863 and that the FA Cup,...
Football in the Blood
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Tommy McLean is proud to be from one of Scotland's most famous footballing families. Along with brothers Jim and Willie, the McLean's have had a huge impact on the Scottish game. Now, in Football in the Blood, Tommy tells his story for the first time and reveals the highs and lows of a remarkable...
Seventy-One Guns
The Year of the First Arsenal Double
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
In the summer of 1970, England was buzzing about the new football season. More than 30 million television viewers had watched the previous year's FA Cup final and the brilliant Brazilians had dazzled audiences during the Mexico World Cup. The new age of televised highlights meant that football's profile...
by Marcus Speller, Pete Donaldson, Jim Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world and their sold-out live shows have been a massive hit.
This book is a collaboration...
by Edward Couzens-Lake
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The castle lies at the heart of the city while the cathedral is its soul. But the football club, modest in name yet bright and vibrant with it, is its life. Unlike any other city in England, the day-to-day life of Norwich was, is now, and ever shall be intertwined with the fortunes of its famous football...
by Mark Metcalf
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
For most supporters of Sunderland AFC, the history of their club would probably be best represented by the names of the mid 1930s team, particularly Gurney and Carter, undoubted Wearside football legends. The name of Charlie Buchan also looms large even today in the tale of a football club whose history...
by Raphaël COSMIDIS, Julien MOMONT, Christophe KUCHLY
Language: French
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Après " Comment regarder un match de foot ? ", le nouvel opus technico-tactique des Cahiers du Football, cette fois consacré aux entraîneurs.
Ils s'appellent Pep Guardiola, Johan Cruyff, Arrigo Sacchi, Valeri Lobanovski, Helenio Herrera...
Entraîneurs visionnaires, ils ont porté leurs...
Except for Viewers in Scotland
The Story of Scottish Football on Television
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Are you a member of the Tartan Army? Do you follow the national team’s progress around the world or tune in regularly to watch the latest matches on TV? Would you like to find out more about the history of televised football in Scotland? If so you are certain to enjoy Ronnie McDevitt’s latest book...
It's Only Banter
The Autobiography of Leroy Rosenior
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Willie Leroy Rosenior - better known as Leroy Rosenior - is a former professional footballer, manager and now media commentator. Leroy's parents were born and raised in Sierra Leone before settling in Britain in the early 1950s and his story cuts across three generations of the Rosenior family. It's...
Danish Dynamite
The Story of Football’s Greatest Cult Team
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The Denmark side of the 1980s was one of the last truly iconic international football teams. Although they did not win a trophy, they claimed something much more important and enduring: glory, and in industrial quantities. They were a bewitching fusion of futuristic attacking football, effortless...
The A-Z of Football Hates
The Definitive Guide to Everything that is Rotten in the Beautiful Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Football inspires love and hate in equal measure. It creates sporting moments that live with us forever. It also offers a unique opportunity to pour scorn, inflict blame, and generally get angry. Just look at our treatment of the England team and the fate of almost every premiership manager; football...
Football and Migration
Perspectives, Places, Players
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration. This is the first book to focus on the increasingly complex series of migratory processes that contour the contemporary...
Newcastle United
The Day the Promises Had to Stop
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
A lifelong fan of Newcastle United, businessman Denis Cassidy spent the late 1990s observing the workings of his beloved club from a perspective few can dream of - inside the Boardroom. In this no-holdsbarred expose, Denis' knowledge and love of football is matched by his insatiable desire to understand...
Build a Bonfire
How Football Fans United to Save Brighton and Hove Albion
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
How would you feel if your football club was bought by a businessman who saw your ground as real estate? And what if your ground was demolished leaving you with nowhere to play next season?
Many fans believe that when Bill Archer, a Blackburn-based entrepreneur, bought Brighton and Hove Albion,...