Author : Adam Ward
Publisher : Sanctuary Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Soccer
ISBN : 9781860746017
The ultimate compendium of all the weird and wonderful facts of all things soccer related in the UK, from legendary British broadcaster Motson. Part of Sanctuary's imprint "Arcane--the home for our bestselling books of trivia, facts, lore and miscellany. Hit the UK non-fiction bestseller list its first week on sale (May, 2004).
Author : Steven D. Stark
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
The 2010 World Cup will be the first ever held on the continent of Africa. This book features introductory essays on the cultural importance of soccer, the World cup, this tournament in particular, and on African soccer. The book contains an introductory essay, table, analysis of team players, coach, history, flag, foods, and uniforms for each of the 32 teams.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Brian Barwick
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Soccer
ISBN : 9780233003887
This text presents the long history of football on television, where, today, most people watch it.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1774 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Times (London, England)
ISBN :
Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.
Author : Kevin Moore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1472955684
Our view of football will never be the same again... Written by a world-respected football historian, this football history/gift title reveals the global game's greatest myths and untruths. Football has been completely mythologized and many of the things football fans think they know about football and its history turn out not to be true. We want to believe the myths, and so they become accepted. So much football writing is not properly researched, and so the myths get repeated... again and again and again. Backed up by the highest level of academic research yet written in an accessible, mass-market style, the book will explore the truth behind many accepted myths. For example, did you know: - The Germans took football to Brazil, not the English - Rugby and not football could quite easily have been the world's leading sport - There are gay professional players ....and always have been! - Goalkeepers should not dive for penalties - Football hooliganism did not begin in England - Shirt colours do make a difference - Cambridge and not Sheffield is the home of the oldest football club in the world - Arsenal should not be in the Premier League... they cheated to be there - The Dynamo Kiev team were not executed after beating a German SS team in 1941 - England did not win the World Cup fairly in 1966 ... but not in the way you think! Written by Kevin Moore, the founding director of the National Football Museum (the world's leading football museum), this thoroughly researched and authoritative book will debunk more than 50 of the greatest myths surrounding football.
Author : Paul Addison
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1405141409
A Companion to Contemporary Britain covers the key themesand debates of 20th-century history from the outbreak of the SecondWorld War to the end of the century. Assesses the impact of the Second World War Looks at Britain’s role in the wider world, including thelegacy of Empire, Britain’s ‘specialrelationship’ with the United States, and integration withcontinental Europe Explores cultural issues, such as class consciousness,immigration and race relations, changing gender roles, and theimpact of the mass media Covers domestic politics and the economy Introduces the varied perspectives dominating historicalwriting on this period Identifies the key issues which are likely to fuel futuredebate
Author : S. Morrow
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230288391
The beautiful game is big business. Football leagues worldwide are being dominated by clubs who are becoming richer and more powerful. Enormous corporate investment, deals with media giants, huge volumes of merchandising and dedicated TV channels mean that football teams are as concerned with the affairs of the boardroom as what is going on on the pitch. In this dynamic new book, Stephen Morrow examines the changing face of football, looking at issues such as the role of the stock exchange, the viability of the stakeholder approach, the 'new economics' of football including the role of media firms and the social impact of the sport.
Author : Raymond Boyle
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 36,6 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780748635931
A new study of the link between three key obsessions of the 20th century: the media, sport and popular culture.
Author : Stephen Glynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 3319777270
This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of British football as depicted on film. From early single-camera silents to its current multi-screen mediations, the repeated treatment of football in British cinema points to the game’s importance not only in the everyday rhythms of national life but also, and especially, its immutable place in the British imaginary landscape. Through close textual analysis together with production and reception histories, this book explores the ways in which professional footballers, amateur players and supporters (the devoted and the demonized) have been represented on the British screen. As well as addressing the joys and sorrows the game necessarily engenders, British football is shown to function as an accessible structure to explore wider issues such as class, race, gender and even the whole notion of ‘Britishness’.
