Football category: 4223 books

The 1990s were an extraordinary decade in the history of Derby County Football Club. Starting in the top division under the financial control of Robert Maxwell, the team had an international backbone of Shilton, Wright and Saunders, but as the tycoons business empire began to struggle, funds to the football...

Telling the story of Saints football in New Orleans is a way to understand larger social, political and economic conditions during pivotal moments of the city’s history. This book is the first to explore the team’s role in rebuilding the city following Hurricane Katrina. The author documents New...

Lancashire has had a major role to play in English football, from Preston North End's 'Invincibles' to the European trophy winners of Manchester and Merseyside. This is the story of these great rivals, their triumphs, scandals and tragedies, and the great players who have kept the red rose to the...

Red Dragons in Europe tells the story of Welsh participation in European football competition. The story features the big and the small in Welsh football, from the giants of the Football League to minnows like Borough United. It is a tale of gallantry rather than glory. Of the 162 matches that Welsh...

Gus Honeybun... Your Boys Took One Hell of a Beating tells the story of a lifetime aboard the emotional roller-coaster of inconsistency which is Exeter City - one of English football's most unfashionable and unsuccessful clubs. Like many football fans, author Simon Carter's football supporting life is...

BILLY MEREDITH was one of football’s most extraordinary and controversial characters. Ninety years after his last match, his name is still one of soccer’s most famous. Born at Chirk, Denbighshire, in 1874, Meredith began work as a coal-miner when he was just twelve before his breathtaking soccer...

For Pele, futsal was “very important, no doubt”. The Brazilian FIFA Player of the Century grew up playing futsal before transitioning to the 11-a-side game. So did many others – from household-name superstars to semi-professionals to Sunday league players. The benefits of futsal have...

Women, African Americans, and gays have recently upended US culture with demands for inclusion and respect, while economic changes have transformed work and daily life for millions of Americans. The national obsession with the National Football League provides a window on this dynamic period of change,...

What does it take to be a student-athlete at Notre Dame? Sports fans may have an idea of what it takes to play football at a Division I college: the training, the discipline, the pain, the motivation. But most of us have no idea what it takes to be a successful student-athlete at a top academic institution...

BRIAN CLOUGH was a very successful football manager. By turning two medium size clubs in the east Midlands into football powerhouses he deserves his place in football history. Yet he was so much more than that... Clough's character and interaction with the people of the area, many of whom were not football...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! ¿Te gusta jugar o ver fútbol? En este título en español, las fotografías de color atraen a los lectores a medida que aprenden los fundamentos del deporte, y un diagrama claro les...

¿Te gusta jugar o ver fútbol? En este título en español, las fotografías de color atraen a los lectores a medida que aprenden los fundamentos del deporte, y un diagrama claro les ayuda a identificar las partes del campo de fútbol. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y un glosario de fotos...

Steel City Underground's "Steelers Preview: 2018 Pittsburgh Steelers Preseason Guide" is the book football experts and fans alike can't do without. With the full Pittsburgh Steelers 2018 preseason roster, team/player information, team schedule, statistics, analysis and predictions under...

John Gagliardi, who served as the head football coach at Saint John's University from 1953 to 2012, won more college football games than any coach from any school or any level of collegiate ball. His innovative and unconventional approach to coaching --- including not allowing tackling during practices...