The Official Swansea City FC Annual 2023
Author : Twocan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2022-11-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781914588709
The Safe Standing Movement in Football
Author : Mark Turner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1000956148
Book Description
This book tells the important story of the 30-year social movement against all-seated stadia in football in England and Wales that developed in the wake of the Hillsborough stadium disaster and the wider European and international significance of that movement. Examining the fan networks, relations, tactics, and interactions which built the ‘Safe Standing’ movement, this book reveals an untold social history of football supporter activism and represents an important contribution to our understanding of football supporter-based social movements, the sociology of football, and social movement studies more broadly. This book argues that Safe Standing is sociologically highly significant because the restriction and partial exclusion of football fans as a social group in the timescape of English football after Hillsborough marked a moment of profound social change in the UK. Applying relational sociology, and drawing on original research and insider access, this book considers how events and ruptures, such as Hillsborough, shape the dynamics of a social movement. In this case, supporters, who have been deeply affected by the all-seating legislation, are now in a position to affect the future consumption of football. This book shows how this was achieved and how a small core network of approximately 30 supporters, networked with supporter groups across Europe, now stand to impact and shape the consumption habits of a key leisure practice all over the world. This is fascinating reading for any student, researcher, or policy-maker with an interest in football, sociology, political science, public policy, or cultural and social history.
A Modern Guide to Sports Economics
Author : Koning, Ruud H.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1789906539
Book Description
This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can help to understand sports better and the ways that sport provides opportunities to test economic theories.
The Annual Register 1914. A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1914
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Anonymous' 'The Annual Register 1914: A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1914' is a detailed account of the significant events that transpired globally during this crucial year. The book meticulously documents political, social, and cultural occurrences, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of the events that shaped the world in 1914. Written in a scholarly and informative style, the book offers valuable insights into the historical context of the time, shedding light on key developments that continue to impact our world today. The author's thorough research and attention to detail make this book a valuable resource for academics and history enthusiasts alike. Anonymous' objective approach to recounting the events of 1914 showcases a commitment to presenting an unbiased and accurate record of history. Recommended for readers interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the events that unfolded in 1914, 'The Annual Register 1914' is a must-read for those seeking to explore the complexities of this pivotal year.
Football Fandom, Sexualities and Activism
Author : Peter Millward
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2023-04-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1000866076
Book Description
This is the first book to examine the growing movement of organised networks of LGBT+ football supporters, exploring activists' biographies and the meanings they ascribe to participation in identity politics-centred social movements. The book draws upon in-depth original research into the Pride in Football LGBT+ football supporters' network in the UK, alongside comparative material from other countries. It is also the first book to apply a cultural relational sociological framework to the study of football fans and supporters’ groups, marking an important theoretical step forward that opens up new perspectives in the sociology of sport, the sociology of collective action and social movements, and the sociologies of genders and sexualities in the twenty-first century world. As the struggle for cultural rights and recognition of LGBT+ communities continues, with football fandom providing an important site for understanding of these issues given its historically-embedded hegemonic masculine culture, and in the aftermath of gay male football player Jake Daniels’ ‘coming out’ in May 2022, the book offers timely insights into new social movements, the consumption of sport and the experiences of people from a diversity of sexualities. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of sport, football, fandom, gender, sexualities, social theory or social movements.
Unfit and Improper Persons
Author : Kevin Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 139940752X
Book Description
'A very funny book that tackles some serious football issues.' Gary Lineker 'Witty and wise.' Clare Balding 'Brilliant. Blows the lid off football. Hilarious, detailed and insightful.' Alan Davies --- Ever dreamed of setting up your own football club? Join the team behind The Price of Football podcast as they start a (fictional) football club and discover what's really going on behind the scenes of the beautiful game. Buying a football club will set you back a few quid, but you've also got to pass the Premier League and EFL's 'fit and proper persons test'. That all seems like a bit of a faff to the team behind the award-winning podcast The Price of Football, so acclaimed comedy writer Kevin Day, football finance expert Kieran Maguire and producer Guy Kilty start an imaginary club instead. In Unfit and Improper Persons they take West Park Rovers on a hilarious journey from the lowest level of the FA pyramid right up to the English Football League, the Premier League and, if fortune favours the fictional, into the heart of Europe. At least that's the plan, but inevitably they face a few challenges along the way. Where to find a shirt sponsor? What should the mascot be – is a dog called Rover too obvious? Can they pay the women's team the same as the men's team? (Spoiler alert: hardly anyone else does.) And how can they get Messi to the Kleanwell Stadium next season, like they promised the fans? Roofing over the toilets, paying the electric on the floodlights, salary caps, parachute payments and avoiding bankruptcy, never mind relegation – owning a football club isn't all about stuffing prawn sarnies and quaffing champagne in the directors' box. Unfit and Improper Persons is informed, funny and, thanks to exclusive interviews with those who've been there, done that, it lays bare the labyrinthine world of football finance.
The Parliamentary Debates (official Report).
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
Page : 1446 pages
File Size : 13,73 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the 1st session of the 48th Parliament.
Square Peg, Round Ball: Football, TV and Me
Author : Ned Boulting
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 147297929X
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'What Ned hasn't seen on a sports TV channel isn't worth knowing about.' Gabby Logan 'From falling out with Mourinho to flying with Gerrard, this is a wonderful journey through football.' Henry Winter Square Peg, Round Ball is a candid, insightful reminiscence on a life in football. Although best known as ITV's commentator on the Tour de France, Ned Boulting has spent most of his professional life covering football. Follow Ned's journey from football supporter to reporter – from criss-crossing the country in a banger of a car hoping for a word or two from the latest big signing, to the glamour of the Champions League. Ned really has been there, done that, and got the Sky Sports jacket to prove it. Witnessing the shenanigans, the machinations and the idiocy of football at close quarters Ned shares his best stories with affection. Whether it's treading mud into Steven Gerrard's pristine white carpets, or nearly being pushed into oncoming traffic by a menacing Vinnie Jones, or being chased away from Roman Abramovich's house by some scary looking men on quadbikes – Ned has made a fool of himself to bring us the best tales from his experiences in 90s and 2000s football.
The Economics of Football
Author : Stephen Dobson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 14,22 MB
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521517140
Book Description
The second edition of this popular book presents a detailed economic analysis of professional football at club level, with new material included to reflect the development of the economics of professional football over the past ten years. Using a combination of economic reasoning and statistical and econometric analysis, the authors build upon the successes and strengths of the first edition to guide readers through the economic complexities and peculiarities of English club football. It uses a wide range of international comparisons to help emphasize both the broader relevance as well as the unique characteristics of the English experience. Topics covered include some of the most hotly debated issues currently surrounding professional football, including player salaries, the effects of management on team performance, betting on football, racial discrimination and the performance of football referees. This edition also features new chapters on the economics of international football, including the World Cup.
Football Fandom in Europe and Latin America
Author : Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 18,58 MB
Release : 2023-01-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 3031064739
Book Description
This book combines pieces of work on Europe and Latin America, the two continents where football arouses the most ardent passions among its spectators. Curiously, an undertaking to compare on a large scale the forms extreme fandom takes in these two geographical areas is still lacking. A situational analysis of the scientific literature devoted to the subject over the last two or three decades represents a step in this direction, making a scattered store of knowledge accessible. It thus answers a need to clarify regional differences in identities and in the practices of supporters.
