Football category: 4223 books
Football Fans Around the World
From Supporters to Fanatics
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national. The diverse geographical and cultural array of contributions to this volume highlights not only the variety of how fans express...
Fifty-Six
The Story of the Bradford Fire
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.
On May 11 1985, fifty-six people died in a devastating fire at Bradford City's old Valley Parade ground. It was truly horrific, a startling story – and wholly avoidable – but it had only the briefest of inquiries, and it seemed...
Southern Fried Football (Revised)
The History, Passion, and Glory of the Great Southern Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Explore the cultural phenomenon that is college football in the South. This completely new edition provides a close-up look at the great players, great rivalries, great coaches, and great traditions that make college football in the South more than just a game. It is a way of life that lasts 365 days a year.
by Arthur Carlson, Elizabeth Brooke Tolar, John Allen Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
East Carolina University played its first intercollegiate football game on October 29, 1932, against the Scots of Presbyterian Junior College. In the more than eight decades that have followed, the ECU Pirates have experienced triumph and tragedy while creating a premier game-day experience. From...
by Jacob Carter
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Jacob M. Carter, author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, "Before History Dies," takes you inside the University of Alabama football program to give you a greater appreciation for the players, the coaches, and the fans who are the driving force behind the dynasty that is the Alabama Crimson...
Longhorn Nation
Texas' Greatest Players Talk About Longhorns Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Firsthand accounts of the legends and lore of Texas football
The most outstanding voices of the University of Texas football tradition come together in this decade-by-decade collection of more than 40 stories. Texas fans will relish the intimate stories told by Darrell Royal, Mack Brown, Earl Campbell,...
Bull in the Ring
Football and Faith: Refuge in a Troubled Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
The thread of the book is an account of the 1970 Missouri large schools high school state football championship my St. Louis University High team won. We were unlikely champions: undersized, not very fast, no home field, high academic standards for admission, half our games against Top 10 teams in...
Us v Them
Journeys to the World's Greatest Football Derbies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Travelling football fanatic Giles Goodhead drags a series of unsuspecting friends and relatives to eight of the world's greatest derby games. From the noisiest (Barcelona) to the scariest (a toss-up between Istanbul and Glasgow) Us vs Them desribes the thrills of gate-crashing grudge matches in cities...
by Bridget Heos
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
The University of Alabama football team, more famously known as the Crimson Tide, has won 27 conference titles since organized football began in 1892. The team has developed a rich history, full of victories and losses, led by legendary coaches and players. This volume delves into that history, showcasing...
Lines of Scrimmage
A Story of Football, Race, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
As in many small towns in the South, folks in Conway, South Carolina, fill the stands on fall Fridays to cheer on their local high school football squad. In 1989--with returning starter Carlos Hunt at quarterback and having finished with an 8-4 record in 1988--hopes were high that the beloved Tigers...
by Eoin Hand, Jared Browne
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Eoin Hand's term as manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer team is often overshadowed by the glory days of Jack Charlton. If Charlton had good luck, Hand was all too familiar with its quarrelsome sibling: bad luck. This is the inside story of his time in football, from his start with Swindon Town...
by Michael Heatley
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
It's nearly a century and a half since the first rules of football were thrased out in a London tavern. The lawmakers gathered there would hardly recognise the game as we now know it, with live television broadcasts and multiple camera angles, websites updating us on the facts and figures of our favourite...
For Richer, For Poorer
Rangers: The Fight for Survival
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
The start of the 2011–12 season should have marked the dawn of a bold and brave era for Rangers Football Club, as new owner Craig Whyte accepted the keys to Ibrox from Sir David Murray. But football became a sideshow during Whyte’s first campaign as tax rows, court action and the plunge into administration...
Old Leather
An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005
Very little has been documented about the early days of pro football and the pioneers who had a major influence in the history of the NFL. Chris Willis, head of the Research Library at NFL Films, seeks to address this neglect. In this collection of original and archival interviews, former players,...