Bøger af Tom Dunmore

The Very Best of Pitch Invasion is an anthology of 39 essays from the pioneering and award-winning online soccer publication, Pitch Invasion. These essays feature sharp and critical perspectives on soccer history, culture, identity and the meaning of fandom in a global soccer world - from Japan to the the United States. Edited by Pitch Invasion's founder Tom Dunmore, contributors from England, Finland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, North America and Poland explore supporter culture worldwide and the sport beyond the headlines. Praise: Pitch Invasion won the Gold Medal in the 2009 When Saturday Comes magazine Web Awards. WSC praised Pitch Invasion's "Quality writing as a vehicle for intelligent, commentary-led journalism looking at football from a photographic, historical, cultural, political and economic perspective." Contributors: Gary Andrews Marc Bahnsen Dave Boyle Bobby Brandon Jennifer Doyle Zach Dundas Shay Golub Andrew Guest Mike Innes Michal Karas David Keyes Benjamin Kumming Jack Lord JL Murtaugh Supriya Nair Brian Phillips Egan Richardson Chris Taylor Mike Tuckerman Alex Usher Richard Whittall Vanda Wilcox Peter Wilt

The Historical Dictionary of Soccer presents a comprehensive history of the game through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, numerous appendixes that list everything from the FIFA World Player of the Year to FIFA World Cup Winners and Runners-Up to the UEFA Champions League Winners and Runners-Up, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on places, teams, terminology, and people, including Garrincha, Pelé, Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, and Lionel Messi. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about soccer.

The FIFA World Cup is the world's most-watched sporting event. A cumulative television audience of several billion people tuned in to the 2014 World Cup, and an estimated 700 million watched the finals. The Encyclopedia of the FIFA World Cup provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the history of this incomparable event. Hundreds of entries cover players, coaches, officials, stadiums, overviews of each major country's performances, and more. Including an indispensable bibliography on the key World Cup texts, this volume is an essential reference for soccer fans, players, and researchers alike.