History of sport

This updated edition of a NEW YORK TIMES best seller includes a final chapter, which chronicles the last years of his life and examines his enduring legacy.

'INSIGHTFUL' When Saturday Comes'EXCELLENT' ESPN'SUPERB' The ObserverA definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the clubJonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Watson and the 1977 European Cup triumph over Borussia M nchengladbach, to the astonishing Champions League Final comeback against AC Milan, 'The Miracle of Istanbul', in 2005.

'SPLENDID' Daily Telegraph'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent on Sunday'INSATIABLE' David Goldblatt'METICULOUS' When Saturday Comes'SUPERB' Readers DigestIn this first-ever cultural history of the 'loner' between the posts, Jonathan Wilson traces the sometimes dangerous intellectual and literary preoccupations of the keeper, and looks at how the position has secured a certain existential cool.

50th anniversary edition of the story of the team that caused the last, great FA Cup upset.

'MASTERFUL' TimeOut'GREAT' Financial Times'ABSORBING' FourFourTwo'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent on Sunday'ENTERTAINING' When Saturday ComesHaving invented the game, everything that has followed for England and its national football team has been something of an anti-climax.

It may be natural to play games, but the sports we love aren't natural at all.

Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know tells the history of sport.

From the late 1960s, Northern Ireland has been mired in violence.

In January 1929, before 20,000 spectators, Norwich City of the Third Division South went down 0-5 in the third round of the FA Cup to an amateur side composed of ex-public school boys who disdained professional tactics in favour of instinct and teamwork.

Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability to write eloquently about baseball, his great passion.

The story of the coolest international football team in history - the 1980s Danish national team - told for the first time in English.

Daniel Gray is about to turn thirty.

'The definitive work on Diego Maradona' The 42'One of football's greatest stories .

THE INCREDIBLE FIRST 12 YEARS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE AS TOLD BY THE LEGENDS WHO WERE THERE'I met Jack Nicholson and when a Hollywood superstar asks about Manchester United, you realise how big the Premier League is around the world'David BeckhamBased on the acclaimed BBC Series, with a foreword by Alan ShearerThe Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world, broadcast into 188 countries and watched by 3.

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A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports.

Every Boston fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them--picking the best, the worst and who will come out on top.

WHO'S THE BEST?

WHO'S THE BEST?

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform the city.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SPORT'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SPORT'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture.

The 150th anniversary of the first FA Cup competition, the earliest knockout tournament in the history of football, will be celebrated during the 2021-2022 season.

The 150th anniversary of the first FA Cup competition, the earliest knockout tournament in the history of football, will be celebrated during the 2021-2022 season.

A Scottish fisherman with over fifty years of experience offers a sweeping retrospective on this unique and ancient method for catching salmon.

As modern football grapples with the implications of a global crisis, this book looks at first in the game's history: The First World War.

As modern football grapples with the implications of a global crisis, this book looks at first in the game's history: The First World War.

Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport.

Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport.

The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history.

The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history.

Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018.

Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018.

Historical research on the Olympic Movement is highly valuable as it displays processes of continuity and transformation by which knowledge building processes on the Olympic Movement, its structure and on Olympic sport can be expanded.

Historical research on the Olympic Movement is highly valuable as it displays processes of continuity and transformation by which knowledge building processes on the Olympic Movement, its structure and on Olympic sport can be expanded.

The history of China's National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society.

The history of China's National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society.

Despite the popularity of sport in contemporary China, the practice of physical education is not indigenous to its culture.

Despite the popularity of sport in contemporary China, the practice of physical education is not indigenous to its culture.

This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history.

This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history.

This ground-breaking interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international scholars working across the humanities and social sciences to examine ways in which representations of sports coaching in narrative and documentary cinema can shape and inform sporting instruction.

This ground-breaking interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international scholars working across the humanities and social sciences to examine ways in which representations of sports coaching in narrative and documentary cinema can shape and inform sporting instruction.