Football For Dummies

411 Pages·2010·1.36 MB·English

by  Scott Murray

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Scott Murray is a freelance journalist who writes for The Guardian, ISBN 978-0-470-68837-3 team without missing a thing
FourFourTwo, Men’s Health and Shortlist, amongst others. Prior to this
he was the Sports Editor of guardian.co.uk. Scott is the co-author of
Scott Murray
the football miscellany, Day of the Match.
Football writer, The Guardian
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About the Author
Scott Murray is a freelance writer and former sports editor of guardian.
co.uk. He writes regularly for guardian.co.uk, the Guardian, the Fiver, and
FourFourTwo. He also has written for the Observer, GQ, Men’s Health, GQ
Sport, Shortlist, the Evening Standard, and Arena. He is co-author of the foot-
ball miscellany Day Of The Match: A History Of Football In 365 Days, and an
upcoming biography of Maurice Flitcroft, the world’s worst golfer: Phantom
Of The Open. The club he supports has won quite a lot of trophies, but then
he also has to follow Scotland, so it all balances out.
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank everyone at Wiley, especially Simon Bell for his help and
never-ending patience, especially upon being quizzed about the managerial
merits of Frankie Gray. I would also like to thank Annabel Merullo and Tom
Williams at PFD.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Part I: Kicking Off ....................................................... 7
Chapter 1: Welcome to Planet Football ..........................................................................9
Chapter 2: The Ball Starts Rolling: A Potted History of Football...............................19
Chapter 3: Getting Your Boots On: The Gear You Need .............................................31
Part II: Playing the Game .......................................... 45
Chapter 4: Laying Down the Laws .................................................................................47
Chapter 5: Players, Positions and Tactics ....................................................................67
Chapter 6: Honing Your Skills ........................................................................................91
Chapter 7: Keeping Fit for Football ..............................................................................115
Chapter 8: Coaching, Managing and Leadership .......................................................129
Chapter 9: Getting the Game On ..................................................................................141
Part III: Exploring the World of Football .................... 153
Chapter 10: The World Cup ..........................................................................................155
Chapter 11: Surveying the International Scene ..........................................................169
Chapter 12: The Club Scene .........................................................................................187
Chapter 13: Focusing on Famous Clubs ......................................................................213
Chapter 14: Women’s Football .....................................................................................239
Part IV: The Fans’ Enclosure: Following the Game ...... 255
Chapter 15: Going to the Match ...................................................................................257
Chapter 16: Compulsive Viewing: Football on Screen ..............................................271
Chapter 17: Read All About It! ......................................................................................287
Chapter 18: Other Football-based Pastimes ...............................................................305
Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................... 319
Chapter 19: Ten Great Players ....................................................................................321
Chapter 20: The Ten Greatest Teams of All Time .....................................................331
Chapter 21: Ten Great Matches ...................................................................................339
Part VI: Appendixes ................................................. 347
Appendix A: Roll of Honour ..........................................................................................349
Appendix B: Glossary ....................................................................................................361
Index ...................................................................... 369
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