Football category: 4223 books
Bonetti's Blues
Dundee FC and its Cultural Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
The star Argentiniean striker Claudio Caniggia has described Dundee as 'a football town' and, as the favoured partner of arguably the world's greatest-ever player Diego Maradona, he should know. But why should he care? What was this man doing, plying his trade in Dundee?
Dundee Football Club...
by Sal Paolantonio
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio explores just how crucial football is to understanding the American psyche
Using some of the most prominent voices in pro sports and cultural and media criticism, How Football Explains America is a fascinating, first-of-its-kind journey through the making of America's most...
Just Kick It
Tales of an Underdog, Over-Age, Out-of-Place Semi-Pro Football Player
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Nearing 40, standing five feet eight, weighing in at 160 pounds, Mark St. Amant was most definitely not a football player. He had never played a single down of real football in his life and even in the sports he did play, his greatest skill seemed to be choking when the game was on the line. So why...
Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years
An Inside Look at the Golden Age of Football
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
The 1950s and 60s was a golden age for professional football. It was perhaps the toughest and roughest era for the sport, before rules were created to better protect the players, but it was also a time when legends were born. To many football fans this era remains the Glory Years of the NFL, when...
German Football
History, Culture, Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
This topical book provides unprecedented analysis of football's place in post-war and post-reunification Germany.
The expert team of German and British contributors offers wide-ranging perspectives on the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life, showing how it has...
by Iain McCartney
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Recognising football's exponential growth in the 1900s and the need to safely house vast numbers of supporters, Davies recognised that the champions of England and 1909 FA Cup winners needed a more spacious home than tatty old Bank Street, in Clayton, a ground with few facilities and a capacity...
by Jonathan Bales
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
RotoAcademy is the world's first fantasy football training school. I founded RotoAcademy to bridge the gap between the average fantasy football player and the game's elite, and I've teamed up with some of fantasy football's top minds to create educational lessons designed to help...
Invincible
Inside Arsenal's Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Invincible by Amy Lawrence: A gripping insider's account of how Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira and Pires became the first team in 100 years to go the entire season undefeated
2014 Writer of the Year, Football Supporters' Federation
'This book is so full of exclusive interviews you'll soon feel...
by Jonathan Bales
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Cash in on the Future of the Game is the first book of its kind to break down the strategies used by the top fantasy football players. Frequently used as an in-season guide for traditional fantasy football owners, How to Cash in on the Future of the Game will...
by David Wood
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
South America is a region that enjoys an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world’s greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This is the first book to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. Beginning with the...
by Michael Peirce
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
What links the studio-set for BBCs Match of the Day and the titlesequence of the comedy quiz-show They Think Its All Over? And whatconnects JK Rowlings Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and DavidBeckhams biography, My Side? In every case, football floodlights (or inRowlings case a magical Quidditch...
Bullet Bill Dudley
The Greatest 60-Minute Man in Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
You can’t separate football from the man. The game gave him everything and “Bullet Bill” Dudley said as much. But you can separate the man from football. As a husband, father, businessman and citizen, he put far more into this world than he took out. Three years before Bill died, he asked his...
Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special
A Long Suffering Supporter Continues his Search for the Soul of Scottish Football
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
In the 2010/11 football season, Iain Hyslop embarked on journey which would take him to 44 football matches, from Peterhead to Berwick and Dingwall to Dumfries, across a single season. His travels led to the production of the first edition of this book -- the unofficial review of Scottish Football. This...
by Anthony Parker
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
The popularity of football is at an all-time high. Thousands of kids fall in love with the game on a daily basis. This book is a must read! It is an easy-to-use, inexpensive tool that anyone can use to teach kids the basic skills required to play football. This book is an invaluable resource when...