"Following a decade of commercial and financial upheaval since 1990, the football business is still in a period of transition. As media income throughout Europe declines, many clubs burdened with high wage costs are facing severe financial problems. Clubs are becoming more and m…
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 …
"Following a decade of commercial and financial upheaval since 1990, the football business is still in a period of transition. As media income throughout Europe declines, many clubs burdened with high wage costs are facing severe financial problems. Clubs are becoming more and m…
Blessed with an extraordinary gift, George Best was undoubtedly the most naturally talented player the British Isles has ever produced and one of the greatest footballing talents the world will ever see. So much has been written about George, but very little was substantiated by…
Blessed with an extraordinary gift, George Best was undoubtedly the most naturally talented player the British Isles has ever produced and one of the greatest footballing talents the world will ever see. So much has been written about George, but very little was substantiated by…
These essays provide a critical investigation of football cultures, examining local and national impacts of the game's new millennial order over five continents.
"Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular cul…
"Prior to the war, Amsterdam was seen as a city of 'Jews and cyclists'. Crammed into the Jewish quarter was a population of around eighty thousand, many of them rag merchants, banana sellers and diamond cutters. A couple of miles to the east lay Ajax's De Meer stadium - of a Sun…
"Prior to the war, Amsterdam was seen as a city of 'Jews and cyclists'. Crammed into the Jewish quarter was a population of around eighty thousand, many of them rag merchants, banana sellers and diamond cutters. A couple of miles to the east lay Ajax's De Meer stadium - of a Sun…
"Prior to the war, Amsterdam was seen as a city of 'Jews and cyclists'. Crammed into the Jewish quarter was a population of around eighty thousand, many of them rag merchants, banana sellers and diamond cutters. A couple of miles to the east lay Ajax's De Meer stadium - of a Sun…
