Football

This book focuses on the advent of professional football in Liverpool and, in particular, the formation of Everton and Liverpool football clubs and their development prior to World War I. This book details the factors that led to the early dominance within Liverpool of Everton FC, and addresses the ..

Football is the most popular sport in the world. Globalisation and commercialisation of the game, however, have created new conflicts and challenges. This book explores the role of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) within the rising significance of football in Asia, drawing on three key theoret..

The focus of the book is on the growing interest in a particular kind of grassroots football initiatives in recent decades shown by politically left-leaning activist groups keen to take ownership of grassroots football, with diverse intentions. The book recounts in some detail how for these activist..

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolution of the match official. It presents a comparative analysis of elite Association Football referees in England, Spain and Italy as well as offering insights into the involvement of UEFA and FIFA in referee training. Drawing on archive material..

This volume on Euro2012 seeks to explore the ideologies and practices involved in hosting mega-sporting events and the narratives that unfold. It also examines the social tensions, ambiguities and social capital generating potentials surrounding national, ethnic, European identity, with respect to s..

This volume on Euro2012 seeks to explore the ideologies and practices involved in hosting mega-sporting events and the narratives that unfold. It also examines the social tensions, ambiguities and social capital generating potentials surrounding national, ethnic, European identity, with respect to s..

Fan Culture in European Football and the Influence of Left Wing Ideology..

This book explores the tradition of left wing political thinking in the culture of fans of professional football in Europe. It examines how football, as a cultural form, carries with it the possibility of promoting the voices of the disenfranchised and the marginalised, and so the basis for nurturin..

The book offers diverse perspectives and discourses on the FIFA World Cup, and throws light on the changing dimensions of football and sports culture in terms of identity, race, ethnicity, gender, fandom and governance. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Sport in Society...

A ‘crisis of community’ has emerged in many areas and many have sought to blame a variety of other ‘social issues’ on the decline of community. Football clubs now embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been associated with the notion of ‘..

This book is the first to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. In this region, these two fields enjoy an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world’s greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This book explores ..

Football and Migration presents in-depth case studies of migration in elite men’s football globally, exploring the role of established leagues in Europe and South America and the emerging leagues of North America and Asia. Exploring and analysing the movement of groups that migration studies have ra..