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A massive audience in sitting rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there. Hamilton embarks on a richly entertaining, exquisitely crafted journey through football. Glory game or grass roots, England v Slovenia or Guiseley v Hartlepool, he delves beneath the action to illuminate the stories which make the sport endlessly compelling.

You're about to discover the incredibly inspirational story of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. If you're reading this, then you must be a fan of Cristiano, like so many others. As a fan, you must wonder how this man is so talented and want to know more about him. Cristiano is considered to be one of the greatest football players ever, and it's been an honor to be able to watch him compete throughout his career.

In this inspiring, down-to-earth memoir the revered goalkeeper and American icon idolized by millions worldwide for his dependability, daring, and humility recounts his rise to stardom at the 2014 World Cup, the psychological and professional challenges he has faced, and the enduring faith that...

The universally loved, award-winning host of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday and Channel 4's Countdown, and author of the best-selling Jelleyman's Thrown a Wobbly, returns with a Jackanory-style, football-flavoured narrative which gathers together the funniest, weirdest, most tragic, most heartwarming, under-the-radar stories of the football season. The book is stuffed to the gunnels with behind-the-scenes revelations, opinions and personal anecdotes from Jeff, and has a strong leaning towards the absurdities of the game.

¿Qué tiene que ver la historia del Quisco, un joven futbolista amateur, con los superjugadores Ronaldo o Totti? ¿En qué se relaciona la semifinal entre Universidad Católica de Rinconada de Los Andes y Ferro Llanquihue, con la final de la Copa América? La pasión por el fútbol es lo que une, en este libro magistralmente escrito, estas y otras historias épicas, que nos llevan a vivir el ritual de la cancha, el vitoreo de la hinchada y las gambetas de la vida misma.

Eigentlich fängt die Geschichte mit Kevin Keegan an, dem englischen Stürmer mit den wilden Locken. Der wurde in den Siebzigern zu Campinos großem Idol, denn dieser coole Engländer zeigte ihm, auf welcher Seite er zu stehen hatte. Und auch als Campino Punk wurde, war England die Antwort auf alle Fragen, die er hatte. Er verehrte Full English Breakfast, London und sogar die Queen. Was lag näher als die Entscheidung für den besten Fußballverein der Welt, den Liverpool FC?

From being the most dominant club in Scottish football history, Rangers FC was sold to Craig Whyte in 2011...for £1. Although touted as Rangers’ saviour, he was soon hung out to dry as the fall guy for Rangers’ misery as the unthinkable happened. The club was plunged into liquidation and the club suffered the indignity of demotion to the lowest echelon of Scottish football. The demise of Rangers saw Whyte’s reputation eviscerated on the pages of every newspaper, his name vilified on radio shows, TV programmes and blogs. In 2012, he was arrested and accused of fraud.

It was one of the most extraordinary takeovers British football has known. In February 2021, Ryan Reynolds joined with Rob McElhenney to buy Wrexham AFC, a non-league team in North Wales. Wrexham, a former coal and steel town dealing with its post-industrial legacy, suddenly found itself at the centre of global attention, with broadcast networks around the world descending to discover what was going on. Tinseltown tells the story of this extraordinary, unpredictable and often surreal football takeover and the remarkable events that followed.

This in-depth examination of soccer takes listeners on a tour across the world and throughout history, introducing the many people who have attempted to shine a light onto and innovate a sport that, in many ways, is still stuck in the Dark Ages. This deep dive into the rise of analytics in soccer—a sport where tradition reigns supreme—shows how revolutionary tactics and underexplored metrics are breaking the beautiful game wide open.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game...

Happy Feet is the ultimate resource for soccer parents. Written by best-selling author, Dan Blank, it will give you a better understanding of the game, its rules and terminology. This remarkable book includes links to seven excellent videos that help explain soccer's more mysterious concepts such as offside, the advantage rule and systems of play. By the end of Section 1, parents with no soccer background will have a working vocabulary of this strange sport and an understanding of all its moving pieces.

The use of analytics in sport is now well embedded. Marginal gains, the bedrock upon which the cycling coach Dave Brailsford built his greatest successes, are cornerstones of most sports nowadays. But, until recently, that did not apply to the biggest sport in the world. Not in soccer. It was as though this simplest of sports is too complicated for statistics. Or that only one statistic counts, the number of times the ball hits the back of the net. "The only statistic that counts", there’s an often used and annoying stock term.

Balancing soccer, school, family, and the many other things requiring your time can be difficult. Having a mindset that is working against you can make it even more difficult to stay balanced and succeed. There is no such thing as a perfect mindset, but there are definitely attitudes that will lift you to great heights and attitudes that will hold you back from taking your game to the next level. This audiobook will dramatically reduce your time to discover those key attitudes that will ensure you become the best player in your league.

A player who couldn’t score. A bleak soccer future as a bench-warmer. An athlete who lacked confidence in his game. Are you or a loved one enjoying soccer, but can’t stand not being confident on what to do with the ball? Do you or a child have a problem getting shots and making them go in? Are you a parent or player that would love to dribble several opponents at once but struggle even beating one? This three-in-one bundled book contains the second, third, and fourth books of the Understand Soccer Series.

This audiobook will explain what soccer analytics are and how they work in a game. It will analyze different parts of play during a game and provide ideas and details around how analytics can improve a team during various passages of play.

In August 2015 bookmakers priced Leicester at 5000-1 to win the Premier League - the same odds as Elvis being found alive. On 2 May 2016, Leicester won, to ecstatic celebrations in the city and around the world. Leicester Mercury 's chief football writer, Rob Tanner, relives the great escape of 2015 to the curtain-closer at Stamford Bridge.

As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state - one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking - the border city of Jurez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. They even love their impoverished city, proudly repeating its mantra: "Amor por Jurez." Nothing exemplifies the spirit and hope of Juarenses more than the Indios, the city's beloved but hard-luck soccer team.

Bobby Charlton is Manchester United through and through. He was a member of the original "Busby Babes" and has devoted his career to the club, playing in 754 games over 17 years. During that period he won everything the game had to offer, played alongside such greats as Best and Law, suffered devastating defeats, and was involved in one of the greatest football tragedies of all time. Here, for the very first time, he tells the story of those United years.

As any Leeds United fan will tell you, following the Whites is certainly never boring. Almost as famous for their periods of chaos as for their moments of glory, over the years supporters have been left exhilarated and exasperated in equal measure - whilst remaining one of the most passionate...

The definitive biography of Arne Slot, covering Liverpool's triumphant 2024/25 season, featuring exclusive interviews with Arne Slot, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and more. 'The best insight yet into the Dutchman... a page-turner of a read that's a must-have for Liverpool supporters' DAILY MAIL...