Every boy's dream
Subtitle: England's football future on the line
By: Chris Green
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781408132098; 9781408112168
Subjects: Soccer for children; Coaching; Training; Soccer; SPORTS & RECREATION; Football (Soccer, Association football)
Description: Short listed for the Best Football Book in the 2010 British Sport Book AwardsThe way Britain develops its top football talent is a hot topic of debate. The failure of all four of the UK's national teams to reach the 2008 European Championships and the ever-increasing reliance of England's top clubs on foreign talent underlines an undisputable fact: that Britain now lags well behind the world's top countries in producing the best footballers, despite having the wealthiest league in the world and untold riches at the game's disposal. Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line inves.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword By Sir Trevor Brooking Cbe; Chapter 1 England Expects; Chapter 2 Golden Days and Golden Generations; Chapter 3 Howard's Way: The Charter for Quality; Chapter 4 Opportunity Knocks; Chapter 5 The Commitments; Chapter 6 Predators and Poachers; Chapter 7 The Real World; Chapter 8 Political Football; Chapter 9 Education, Education, Education; Chapter 10 Many a Tear Has to Fall; Chapter 11 Oi Mister, Can We Have Our Game Back?; Chapter 12 In Other Sports and on Foreign Fields; Chapter 13 So, What's Next?; Conclusion Back to the Future; Imprint.