Description
About the Author
David Goldblatt was born in London in 1965 and lives in Bristol. He shares his affections between Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Rovers. He is the author of The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football and Futebol Nation: The Story of Brazil Through Soccer. Since then he has made sport documentaries for BBC Radio, reviewed sports books for the TLS and the Guardian, taught the sociology of sport at Bristol University, the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Leicester and Pitzer College, Los Angeles.
Reviews
Winner of the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award "This is a serious, insightful yet compellingly readable book on a subject that affects the lives of everyone in the country, be they football fans or not." --John Gaustad, chairman of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year "Readers curious about why people around the world care so deeply about teams made up of mercenary, millionaire strangers and owned by billionaire businessmen will find some answers in Goldblatt's analysis." --Bill Littlefield, The Boston Globe "[Goldblatt] writes about soccer with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic...[He] has written not just the best soccer book in many years but an exemplary account of the changing character of British society in the post-Thatcher era." --David Runciman, The Wall Street Journal "[D]eeply researched and worth the read for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of both English football, and English society in general." --Men In Blazers, newsletter recommendation
Awards
Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2015.
Book Information
ISBN 9781568585161
Author David Goldblatt
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Nation Books
Publisher Avalon Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 435g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 149mm * 25mm