FOOTBALL IN WIND AND RAIN
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FOOTBALL IN THE WIND AND RAIN
The British Game
By John Williams
Football in Wind and Rain provides educational but entertaining bite-size accounts of the history of British football and its people. The voices of commentators, fans, managers and players all feature, with topics such as fandom, stadiums, great matches, law changes, memorable goals and regional differences given due coverage.
About the Author
John Williams is a recently retired and widely published British academic sociologist who has spent his working life examining British football’s history and the game’s cultural and social impact over time. He began his research career exploring fan hooliganism but has since been involved in research, film and writing on sports cultures, fandom, and issues of fairness, race and gender equality in sport.
Price: £14.99
ISBN-10: 180150766X
ISBN 13: 978-1801507660
Format: 216 x 138 mm
Paperback, 224 pages