Goal!
Subtitle: A Cultural and Social History of Modern Football
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press; Catholic University of America Press
Published: Jul 31, 2015
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780813227276
Description: Goal! covers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the early 19th century to its current role as a crucial element of a globalized entertainment industry. The authors explain how football transformed from a sport at elite boarding schools in England to become a pastime popular with the working classes, enabling factories such as the Thames Iron Works and the Woolwich Arsenal to give birth to the teams that would become the Premier League mainstays known as West Ham United and Arsenal. They also explore how the age of amateur soccer ended and, with the advent of professionalism, how football became a sport dominated by big clubs with big money and with an international audience.
Notes: Source title: Goal!: A Cultural and Social History of Modern Football