Football (Soccer, Association Football)

The Scouting Game brings us the inside story of the hidden world of top-level football scouting from a man with 30 years experience in the professi...

The inspirational tale of how a determined and devoted group of Chesterfield FC fans saved the club from oblivion after its money was stolen by an ...

Trailblazers: The Groundbreaking History of Nottingham Forest Football Club explores the remarkable pioneering traditions and unique heritage of th...

The Glory Years chronicles Oxford Uniteds rise from bankruptcy to Milk Cup Final glory through the 1980s. It's a story of giant-killings and back-t...

The book is concerned with the history of football and its role in Balkan society. The aim is to analyse and discuss various aspects of football as...

OH ANDY, ANDY!Andy Robertsons football story is an astonishing tale of perseverance reaping rewards.Rejected by boyhood club Celtic as a youngster,...

This book uses football as a lens through which to examine Chinas economic development, its political economy, and its political thought.Focusing o...

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...

This book is concerned with the early years of the Football Association Challenge Cup more commonly known as the FA Cup examining events from its...

Beach Soccer Histories is the first text to consider the sport as a historical, social and cultural phenomenon, to define its traditions, and prese...

This book examines the deep connections between football and politics and explains what those relationships can tell us about sport and wider socie...

Football in Wind and Rain provides educational but entertaining bite-size accounts of the history of British football and its people an essential...

To Liverpool fans, Robbie Fowler was 'God'. He is the sixth-highest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League and notched 183 goals for Live...

The story of ChinaAfrica relations is one of the most important geopolitical and geoeconomic developments of the past two decades. This book uses t...

1978: The Birth of Moneyed Modern Football is the tumultuous yet captivating story of a year when new clashed with old, madness gave way to genius ...

Every language has its sports-related phrases: in English one communicates through metaphors originating in boxing, horse-racing, cricket and even ...

Explosive and groundbreaking study of racism in football and its roots from award-winning journalist Ronny Blaschke.Racism in football is reduced t...

Journey through more than a century of Olympic football history with this immersive book and discover the triumphs, controversies and legendary ath...

The compelling story of former footballer, coach, manager and director John Sainty.Sainty often operated under the radar but was well respected by ...