"Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common language. But where does its enduring popularity come from? Featuring essays from prominent experts in the field, scholars and journalists, this Companion covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football. It examines the game's oft-disputed roots and traces its development through Europe, South America and Africa, analysing whether resistance to the game is finally beginning to erode in China, India and the United States. It dissects the cult of the manager and how David Beckham redefined sporting celebrity. It investigates the game's followers, reporters and writers, as well as its most zealous money makers and powerful administrators. A valuable resource for students, scholars and general readers, The Cambridge Companion to Football is a true and faithful companion for anyone fascinated by the people's game"--
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Featuring essays from prominent experts in the field, scholars and journalists, this Companion covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football.
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| Foreword |
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| Chronology |
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| `And did those feet...': Introduction |
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1 Kicking Off: The Origins of Association Football |
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The Game-Changers: Billy Meredith |
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2 Uruguay: The First World Power |
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The Game-Changers: Henri Delaunay |
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3 Austria and Hungary: The Danubian School |
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The Game-Changers: Alfredo Di Stefano |
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4 Italy: Football as Politics - Mussolini to Berlusconi |
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5 Brazil: Rhythm and Grooves |
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The Game-Changers: Diego Maradona |
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6 Africa: Towards Global Football Citizenship? |
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The Game-Changers: Eusebio |
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7 Money, Money, Money: The English Premier League |
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The Game-Changers: Didier Drogba |
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8 The Boss: A Very British Convention |
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The Game-Changers: Sir Alex Ferguson |
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9 David Beckham and the Celebrity Phenomenon |
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The Game-Changers: George Best |
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The Game-Changers: Mia Hamm |
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11 Fans: Consumers, Hooligans and Activists |
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The Game-Changers: Franz Beckenbauer |
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12 Sheepskin Coats and Nannygoats: The View from the Pressbox |
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The Game-Changers: Havelange, Blatter and Platini - The Ruling Class |
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13 Brought to Book: Football and Literature |
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The Game-Changers: Johan Cruyff |
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14 What Took You So Long? Spain Conquers the World |
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The Game-Changers: Jose Mourinho |
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15 Where Next? Football's New Frontiers |
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The Game-Changers: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo |
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| Further Reading |
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Rob Steen is an author, sportswriter and journalism lecturer. A contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Cricket and an acclaimed Cricinfo columnist since 2008, he has also written for, among others, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, India Today, the Melbourne Age and Marxism Today. His previous books include Spring, Summer, Autumn (William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award runner-up), biographies of Desmond Haynes and David Gower (Cricket Society Literary Award winner) and 500-1: The Miracle of Headingley '81 (Cricket Society Literary Award runner-up). He edited the cricket journal The New Ball, and his investigation for The Wisden Cricketer, 'Whatever Happened to the Black Cricketer?', won the UK section of the 2005 EU Journalism Award 'for diversity, against discrimination'. His next books, to be published in 2014, are Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer, 2nd edition and Touchlines and Floodlights: A Personal History of Spectator Sport. Jed Novick is a journalist, author and Senior Lecturer in Sport Journalism at the University of Brighton. Huw Richards is a freelance journalist and sports historian.
