Association football (Soccer) Books

The no-holds-barred story of a Wimbledon and Chelsea legend

What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture help us to understand the powerful international forces at play within the modern game? Based...

While women's soccer has risen in popularity around the world, research reveals persistent gender discrimination and marginalization of girls and women in the sport. Applying policy feedback theory and econometric analysis, this volume explores the...

As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry. This is the first book to bring together key contemporary debates at the intersection of...

In recent years, football's status as "the world's sport" has shown little sign of waning. From increasing participation at grassroots levels and to the highly lucrative media rights deals secured by the top elite clubs, the game appears to be thriving...

A Home on the Field is about faith, loyalty, and trust. It is a parable in the tradition of Stand and Deliver and Hoosiers--a story of one team and their accidental coach who became certain heroes to the whole community.For the past ten years, Siler...

Over the past decade, the stakes in youth sports have reached startling heights; the pressure to win often eclipses the desire to have fun. Sports injuries have increased tenfold; aggression on and off the field—between kids, parents, and coaches—is...

La búsqueda del porqué en el fútbol surge como respuesta a una necesidad emergente en el deporte actual, el cual demanda la excelencia en el profesionalismo. El análisis minucioso y al detalle de cada una de las acciones, sumado al big data y a la...

A tactical analysis, including videos and full color images, that examines the key tactics used by the teams coached by Julian Nagelsmann, the young coach who has established and experimental laboratory on the sidelines. Each match represents uncharted...

This is the story of a Northern Irish kid who dreamed of a life away from trouble torn Belfast, and who went on to enjoy a successful professional football career both at home and abroad. After starting his fledgling career with Crusaders in Northern...

Science and Football V presents the edited papers from the Fifth World Congress on Science and Football that took place in Portugal in April 2003. The collection represents the latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as football such...

Perceptive and innovative, Thomas Tuchel has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting managers in European football, both for his tactical ability and for the brilliant performances of his teams. Since the beginning of his career, the Bavarian has...

Tres modelos con conexiones, los tres con la presión intensa como punto de partida, pero cada uno con infinidad de matices que lo diferencian, desde una relación más estrecha con el espacio a la más comprometida con el balón. 'Transición, acoso y...

Suena la música de la Champions League y el oído se empieza a endulzar, porque uno sabe que comienza el mejor fútbol del mundo. Todos quieren ser testigos de ese nivel de juego único y que la retina guarde para siempre nuevas historias en la mente y en...

      Cuando jugaba en el Barcelona solía charlar de fútbol con Valdano y Cappa y les preguntaba por La Máquina de River. Con Pizzi y Pellegrino aprendió malas palabras y canciones de las hinchadas de Boca, River y Central...

En el último tiempo, miles de páginas se escribieron sobre el fútbol. El deporte más popular del mundo acumuló bibliografía en demasía, que era impensada años atrás. Sin embargo, jamás se llenaron hojas en blanco sobre la formación infantil y juvenil de...

Un viaje al trabajo de Marcelo Gallardo desde sus ideas y sus ejecuciones en el campo de juego; cómo armó un River ganador desde su propuesta y las características de los futbolistas. Como entrenador millonario, logró varios títulos locales e...

Hasta el más ateo de Nottingham atribuiría lo hecho por el Forest a un milagro del más allá. Un club pequeño, sin tradición en el fútbol inglés, en apenas cuatro años cambió radicalmente todo lo preestablecido. La década del 70 lo encontró en un lugar...

La fusión de pasiones como el periodismo, la docencia y el fútbol derivaron en la creación de este libro pensado para quienes deseen descubrir un mundo único y atrapante. Para saber contar un acontecimiento primero hay que poder comprenderlo. Para eso...

Dieses Buch ist Ihr unverzichtbarer und absolut individueller Begleiter durch Ihre ganz persönliche Fußballsaison. Es enthält 50 vierseitige Spielerfassungsbögen und damit ausreichend Platz für eine gesamte Spielzeit inklusive dazugehöriger...

Enjoy the Highs, Survive the Lows follows one man’s journey as a lifelong football fan and Spurs supporter. The book details the author’s experiences attending hundreds of matches during the course of fifty years and his often strong opinions...

Borussia Dortmund are a very successful team that focus on high tempo pressing, preventing through balls and preparing for the transition from attack to defence. Jurgen Klopp has led his Borussia Dortmund team to two Bundesliga titles, one German cup and...

Borussia Dortmund are a very exciting team that play at a high tempo with a good style and fluidity. Jurgen Klopp has led his Borussia Dortmund team to two Bundesliga titles, one German cup and the Champions League final in 2013. Athanasios Terzis is a...

World Cups throw up unique tactical variations. Countries and football cultures from around the globe converge, in one place, to battle it out for world soccer supremacy. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil was no different, arguably throwing up tactical...

Football fans love nothing more than to read about their favourite teams. Although this books is aimed at young teenagers they will delight all ages with their mixture of funny and enlightening stories and will give hours of pleasure discovering quirky...

A League of Our Own is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the establishment and 30-year history of the League of Wales, which was rebranded as the Welsh Premier League in 2010 and the Cymru Premier in 2019.

Are you Ready to Become the Complete Soccer Player? Soccer Performance Unleashed is an easy to use, no-nonsense soccer guide showing you the top techniques, tips, and advice to improve your soccer. From improving your technique and playing smarter...

Jed Davies outlines in detail the Tiki-Taka football philosophy popularised by Barcelona and Spain and shows you, the coach, how to implement this style of play. Davies has studied the methods used at FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, Swansea City FC,...

The word disaster is much used in the world of soccer - conceding a penalty, a sending off, an untimely defeat. Comparing these with real life disasters puts things into perspective and the results of the games become insignificant. Soccer is not more...

Sports psychology, exploring the effects of psychological interventions on important performance-related outcomes, has become ever more popular and prevalent within elite level soccer clubs in the past decade as teams look to gain psychological as well...

Football in Fiction represents the most comprehensive historical mapping and analysis of novels related to association football (soccer). It offers a theoretically informed field guide, a scholarly cartography of football fiction's uncertain - and...

Ein Sport-Event, dass ALLE herausfordert und begeistert! Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten die leere Vereins- oder auch Mann-schaftskasse aufzufüllen!Doch so einfach wie mit der FFP Fußball-Challenge war es noch nie! Die FFP-Fußball-Challenge ist eine echte...

Do you keep missing penalty kicks in soccer? Do you struggle at the thought of taking a free kick?The answer could be a lot simpler than you thought.It's the 2018 World Cup final. It's 1-1 and there's a handball in the Croatian penalty box. Antoine...

Whether known as football or, as in the US, soccer; the ‘beautiful game’ is the most popular sport in the world. The best players earn millions of dollars per year, and the greatest clubs are icons in their regions. Children love putting down...

What do Pearl Harbor, McDonald's, Graceland and a soccer game have in common?The mind thinks between 60,000 – 80,000 thoughts a day. That's an average of 2500 – 3,300 thoughts per hour.Yet most of those thoughts happen...

How the mighty can fall. A three-goal home defeat to Aldershot on 7 May 2011 consigned regional footballing superpower Lincoln City to relegation from the Football League. It was an unexpected and potentially fatal position for a club of Lincoln’s...

The centenary, in 2014, of the outbreak of the Great War was the prompt to complete this study of the social and playing impact on Ayr United - and the clubs in the family tree - of the Boer War, the Great War, the Second World War and Afghanistan. The...

Every four years, the globe unites under the banner of passion, competition, and sporting excellence. The FIFA World Cup transcends borders, languages, and cultures, bringing together nations in a magnificent celebration of football. As we approach the...

Football is the most popular sport on earth, and a near-universal means of expressing collective identification. This book investigates the uses made of football to create, shape and foster national identities in Spain since the beginning of the...

Elton John llevando al Watford desde la Tercera División a jugar la final de la FA Cup. Deep Purple volviéndose a juntar gracias a la intervención de una vieja gloria del Queens Park Rangers. El Flaco Spinetta recibiendo su primera guitarra de la mano...

El Ajax es un nombre que suena a pasado, porque por entonces fueron sus títulos, pero es uno de los más modernos del mundo. Un club que intenta luchar contra su posición de desventaja ante las grandes fortunas europeas con un sistema de cantera fuerte y...

El triple turno matutino puede cambiarle la vida a cualquier trabajador del fútbol. La razón es sencilla, pero categórica: su aplicación promueve la cultura del esfuerzo. Supone un paso de los 90 minutos tradicionales de entrenamiento a 180. La propuesta...

¿Por qué un resultado deportivo puede modificarnos humores, conductas, agendas, estilos de vida? ¿En qué consiste esta relación con algo tan intangible como real? River siempre está se propone responder estas preguntas y muchas otras más sobre la...

Die Abstiege 1980 und 2021 waren die wohl größten Desaster der Vereinsgeschichte des SV Werder Bremen.Jahrelange Misswirtschaft zahlreicher Verantwortlicher führte den Verein in diese düsteren Zeiten. Es wurden des Öfteren personelle Konsequenzen...

Im Grunde war diese Saison eine Kopie der vorherigen Spielzeit. Der Unterschied mag darin gelegen haben, dass zwei statt drei Trainer einschließlich Sportdirektor benötigt wurden, um die Klasse zu halten. Bereits ab dem zweiten Spiel war absehbar, dass...