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Star-Spangled Soccer – The Selling, Marketing and Management of Soccer in the USA An examination of the business side of America's 25-year journey to becoming a soccer nation following the granting of the 1994 World Cup finals. The author, who was integrally involved in many of the commercial decisions made during this era, takes a look at the key business decisions, personalities and events that shaped the development of the game in the country. Published in 2010. Size: 162mm x 241mm – 330 pages. Hardback Price: £25.00 • EUR € • US $

The Fix – Soccer and Organized Crime This Canadian-published book from an investigative journalist and academic examines into the links between organised crime and the world's most popular sport. Paying particular attention to the Asian gambling industry, the author interviews more than two hundred people and discovers the links between the criminals and high-status players, officials and referees. He then explains the structure and mechanics of the illegal gambling syndicates to show how they affect results – all the way to the top international matches. Published in 2008. Size: 160mm x 237mm – 390 pages. Our Hardback Price: £28.95 • EUR € • US $

Rebellion – The Inside Story of Football’s Protest Movement This fascinating book edited by Dougie Brimson contains an examination of the development and successes of protest movements set up by fans of 10 different football clubs. Includes articles by different authors including looks at the 'Back fo the Valley' call at Charlton Athletic, the fans takeover of the club at AFC Bournemouth and protests against Wimbledon FC's move to Milton Keynes. Published in 2006. Size: 160mm x 241mm – 302 pages. Hardback Sale Price (Save £12.99): £5.00 • EUR € • US $

The Foreign Revolution – How Overseas Footballers Changed the English Game A well-researched and informative history which examines how overseas players have influenced the English game from the first foreign footballers who arrived in the late 19th Century through to the present day. Published in 2006. Size: 156mm x 233mm – 456 pages. Softback Price: £14.99 • EUR € • US $

German Football – History, Culture, Society An academic study which provides an analysis of the place of football in the life of post-war and post-reunification Germany, revealing the motives and drives underlying Germany's successful bid to hos the 2006 World Cup Finals. Published in 2006. Size: 156mm x 233mm – 258 pages. Softback Price: £29.99 • EUR € • US $

How Football Explains the World The author, an American journalist and football fan, travelled the world from Brazil to Iran to produce this book which is described as 'an eye-opening chronicle of how the beautiful game and its followers can illuminate the fault lines of the world around it, from poverty to anti-Semitism to radical Islam'. Published in 2005. Size: 129mm x 197mm – 255 pages. Softback Price: £7.99 • EUR € • US $

The Beautiful Game? Searching for the Soul of Football A revised and updated edition of this book which contains an investigation into the current problems in English football with teams in financial trouble from the Premiership down to the bottom of the Football League. Written by the author of the highly-regarded book, The Football Business. This edition published in 2005. Size: 129mm x 197mm – 411 pages. Softback Price: £8.99 • EUR € • US $

The Leaguers – The Making of Professional Football in England, 1900-1939 A fascinating study of the development of professional football in England from 1900-1939 which details the struggles over the finances of the game and the treatment of players and also examines campaigns to popularise football on both a national and international basis. Published in 2005. Size: 157mm x 234mm – 320 pages. Softback Price: £15.00 • EUR € • US $

Living to Play – From Soccer Slaves to Soccerati – A Social History of the Professionals An interesting history of the development of the professional footballer over the past one hundred years from soccer 'slave' to 'soccerati'. Published in 2003. Size: 162mm x 239mm – 272 pages. Hardback Sale Price (Save £9.00): £8.95 • EUR € • US $

Kicking – Following Fans to the Orient A look at the behaviour of England fans during the 2002 World Cup and the good relationship which they developed with their Japanese hosts. Published in 2002. Size: 153mm x 232mm – 189 pages. Softback Price: £9.99 • EUR € • US $

Football Against the Enemy One of the top-selling football books of recent times and a former 'Sports Book of the Year'. The author travelled to 22 countries around the world and discovered the effects football can have on politics and culture. This edition re-released in 2003. Size: 128mm x 197mm – 239 pages. Softback Price: £7.99 • EUR € • US $

We’ll Support You Evermore – The Impertinent Saga of Scottish Fitba’ A reprint of this book (first published in 1976) which contains a collection of reminiscences by many authors about Scottish Football, many of them humorous. Published in 2000. Size: 130mm x 198mm – 236 pages. Softback Price: £7.99 • EUR € • US $

The Football Business – Fair Game in the 90’s? A revised and updated edition of this book in which the author examines how the changes that have occurred in the 1990's have affected the game at all levels. This edition published in 2002. Size: 130mm x 199mm – 308 pages. Softback Price: £7.99 • EUR € • US $

New Soccer Books

January and February 2012 Sale