Fifflet inom UEFA och FIFA lär inte ha undgått någon de senaste åren. Vi förfasas alla över hur korrupt det verkar vara där ute i världen.Men hur är det egentligen inom fotbollen här hemma i Sverige? Hur transparent och demokratiskt är egentligen Svenska Fotbollförbundet? Och varför svassar de flesta svenska sportjournalister runt Zlatan som om de vore hovreportrar? Olof Lundh är reporter och krönikör på TV4, C More och Fotbollskanalen.se. Han driver även Sveriges största spor...
Releasedatum: 2016-06-08 79,00 kr
'One of the most revelatory sports books of the year' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Masterful ... i t could be the best thing to have happened to English football in years' TIME OUT 'Gloriously readable, eccentric and informative' METRO In Inverting the Pyramid , Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing the global history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning when chaos reigned. Along the way, he looks at the lives of great players and thinkers who ...
Releasedatum: 2010-04-22 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 35,00 kr
A celebration of the cult behind the Football Manager (FM) series of computer games, which have been taking over the lives of football fans for 20 years. Meet the greatest players you never saw. Discover how one game can cause 35 divorces, one honeymoon and a police raid. Go the next level with our guide to Extreme FM.
Releasedatum: 2012-08-10 69,00 kr
So Paddy Got Up is a unique collection of writing about Arsenal Football Club. Edited by Andrew Mangan, founder of Arseblog, it features bloggers, writers and journalists reminiscing, eulogising, analysing and waxing lyrical about everything from the club’s humble origins to where it finds itself now, from great players to great managers, from tactics to fans to stadia to kits, amongst many other things. It’s by far the greatest Arsenal anthology the world has ever seen.
Releasedatum: 2011-12-08 19,00 kr
Love him or loathe him, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson is an icon and one of the most fascinating sporting figures of our time. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Tyson lays bare his demons and tells his story: from poverty to stardom to hell and back again In this, his first, autobiography, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson pulls no punches and lays bare the story of his remarkable life and career. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidis’s best-selling memoir ‘Scar Tissue’, this is a viscera...
Releasedatum: 2013-11-13 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 79,00 kr
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1. Otroligt intressanr, värt varenda krona! - Boken visar en till dimension av Mike Tyson, en av världens genom tidernas bäste boxare. Boken innehåller positiva delar av hans liv men även hjärt skärande delar. En bok som jag rekommenderar till alla, även till de som inte boxnings fans. Boken får även en att förstå varför man inte ska döma en människa om man inte känner dem och deras historia. En bok värt varenda krona!
Därför får den stjärnor!
2013-11-23
Allsvensk fotboll har aldrig varit hetare. Derbyn drar rekordpublik, spelare säljs för gigantiska summor och Östersunds FK överraskar ute i Europa. Men hur ser det ut på andra sidan spelargången? Vem styr över allsvenskan? Vem bestämmer i klubbarna? Och var hamnar pengarna? Olof Lundh är den ihärdigaste granskaren av svensk fotboll, den som ställer makthavarna mot väggen och inte ger sig förrän han fått svar på de obekväma frågorna. Han utsågs till årets sportjournalist 2015 ...
Releasedatum: 2018-03-28 79,00 kr
Utsedd till »Årets fotbollsbok« 2012 av The Football Supporters' Federation!Efter Champions League-finalen 2011 mot Manchester United rådde det inte längre något tvivel: FC Barcelona är världens bästa fotbollslag. Magiska trianglar och blixtrande totalfotboll som tycks fysiskt omöjlig att försvara sig emot. Messi, Iniesta och Xavi, som låter bollen flyga mellan sig nästan utan att röra den.Men det fanns en tid, för inte alltför längesedan, då klubben såg ut att vara på väg n...
Releasedatum: 2012-12-04 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 99,00 kr
Discover football's astonishing hidden rules in The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson and David Sally *Fully updated with a new World Cup chapter* Football has always been a numbers game: 4-4-2, the big number 9 and 3 points for a win. But what if up until now we've been focusing on the wrong numbers? What if the numbers that really matter, the ones that hold the key to winning matches, are actually 2.66, 53.4, 50/50, and 0 > 1? What if managers only make a 15% difference? What if Chelsea should...
Releasedatum: 2013-05-30 115,00 kr
Access inside the changing room and behind the scenes that any journalist or writer would kill for... Perarnau's insights are astonishing' - Graham Hunter 'Write about everything you see. Be as critical as you like' - Pep Guardiola to Martí Perarnau, Summer 2013 Martí Perarnau was given total access to Bayern Munich during season 2013-14. This book represents the first time in the modern era that a writer has got this close to one of the elite teams of world football. At the in...
Releasedatum: 2014-10-16 119,00 kr
'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' - Sunday Times 'The funniest man in British sport' - Metro **A Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year** **Shortlisted for the National Book Awards** **Longlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year** You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. ...
Releasedatum: 2018-09-06 115,00 kr
When Arsene Wenger said he wanted his team to go through a season undefeated, he was roundly mocked, yet just over 12 months later the Arsenal manager guided his team to footballing immortality. The Gunners’ 2003-2004 campaign was extraordinary, and not just because of their remarkable league achievement. From the highs and lows of Europe, to disciplinary charges, pitched battles, the frantic scramble to finance a new stadium, a club record transfer in January, and winning the title at the gro...
Releasedatum: 2014-05-19 19,00 kr
Invincible by Amy Lawrence: A gripping insider's account of how Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira and Pires became the first team in 100 years to go the entire season undefeated 2014 Writer of the Year, Football Supporters' Federation 'This book is so full of exclusive interviews you'll soon feel like part of the squad. A worthy tribute to one of English football's best ever teams, it makes you long for one more game at Highbury' Shortlist 'Unbeatable insight' Henry Winter, Daily Telegraph In 2003-04, a t...
Releasedatum: 2014-10-23 115,00 kr
"Why do England lose?” “Why do Germany & Brazil Win?” “How have Spain conquered the World?” "Penalties - what are they good for?" “What is the price on achieving success and the true cost of failure?” These are questions every football fan has asked. Soccernomics (previously published as Why England Lose)answers them. Written with an economist's brain and a football writer's skill, it applies high-powered analytical tools to everyday football topics. Soccernomics isn't in the f...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-24 59,00 kr
FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST CHARACTERS TELL IT LIKE IT IS Who is the Secret Footballer? Well he's back and this time his mates speak out too. Players, agents, coaches and managers give you access to all areas of the Premier League. From deal-making to play-making, from dodgy tactics to drunken antics, they reveal the unforgettable highs and the unforgivable lows. This is football as you've never seen it before. 'What happens behind closed doors at Premiership clubs usually stays firmly shut behind closed...
Releasedatum: 2013-11-05 79,00 kr
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015* A man punches the wall in a strategic show of anger. Another complains he has become a stranger to those he loves. A third relies on “my three a day: coffee, Nurofen and a bottle of wine.” Yet another admits he is an oddity, who would prefer to be working in cricket. A fifth describes his professional life as “a circus”. These are football managers, live and uncut. Arsene Wenger likens the job to “living on a volcano...
Releasedatum: 2015-08-13 115,00 kr
FULLY UPDATED WITH JOSE MOURINHO'S SENSATIONAL RETURN TO CHELSEA When Jose Mourinho realised as a teenager that he was never going to be a great player, he decided he was going to become the best coach in the world. From translator and assistant to Sir Bobby Robson at Barcelona to multiple league and Champions League-winning manager at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and now Chelsea once again, Jose Mourinho's ascent has been rapid. FURTHER ANATOMY OF A WINNER is the definitive account ...
Releasedatum: 2011-08-25 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 35,00 kr
The story of one of the most recognisable and successful players in world football. Didier Drogba is renowned for his heading ability, sharp shooting and sheer strength. He has played for his native Ivory Coast and for clubs in France, China and Turkey, but it is as a Chelsea striker that he is best known. His feats with Chelsea have made him a cult hero among supporters. In Didier Drogba's honest and revealing autobiography he will talk about life as an immigrant in Paris, the importance of his...
Releasedatum: 2015-11-19 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 49,00 kr
"Ensam En Stjärna" är en berättelse om en turbulent säsong med Kista Galaxy, fotbollslaget från en Stockholmsförort som är lika mycket social projekt som idrottsförening. Med allsvenska profilerna Henok Goitom och Bojan Djordjic i spetsen hade laget redan satt stadsdelen Kista på kartan men de våldsamma upploppen som började i Husby i maj 2013 blev en svår utmaning för invånarna och för klubben. Laget vars ledord lyder "Alone a star, together a Galaxy" (Ensam en stjärna, tillsamm...
Releasedatum: 2014-05-18 85,00 kr
How can one striker be better than three? Why do the best defenders never need to make a tackle? What's the secret of Tiki-taka? Welcome to Ruud Gullit's masterclass on how to 'read' a match. From his unrivalled perspective as player, manager and pundit, the Dutch football legend shows us everything to look for in a 90 minute match. From formations and tactical decisions to player qualities and pivotal moments, Ruud Gullit unveils the hidden patterns on the pitch. Packed with his acute insights,...
Releasedatum: 2016-09-08 99,00 kr
In The Dirty Game , investigative reporter and BBC Panorama presenter Andrew Jennings, who has been heralded around the world for his decade-long pursuit of this story, uncovers the eye-watering level of fraud and criminal activity at the heart of FIFA, which has been described as the biggest sporting scandal of the century. From Blatter to Blazer, from bribery to embezzlement, Jennings reveals the key protagonists, crimes and evidence he handed to the FBI which led to the arrests of FIFA execut...
Releasedatum: 2015-09-10 99,00 kr
Over the last 20 years, no sport has changed more than soccer. The modern player is technically more capable, physically faster and stronger, and has access to more coaching and sports science resources than ever before. With the high rewards associated with success, there has never been more pressure on coaches to win, develop players, and play soccer the ‘right way’. Aimed at Soccer coaches of all levels and with players of all ages and abilities The Modern Soccer Coach 2014 identifies the...
Releasedatum: 2013-10-31 115,00 kr
This book examines match strategies for creating goal scoring opportunities out of the following systems of play: 4-4-2 4-3-3 3-5-2 4-3-1-2 4-5-1 For each system, the author discusses the strategy, tactics, system and schemes of play as well as the technical, tactical and physical characteristics of the players who use the system. Several situational attacking schemes are also presented using clear diagrams and detailed descriptions.
Releasedatum: 2011-09-06 75,00 kr
In 1985, forty hooligan followers of Stoke City FC experienced a riotous trip to Portsmouth - and the Naughty Forty was born. It became one of the most notorious soccer gangs in Britain. Mark Chester was a founder member of the N40. Already a hardened fighter, he had been expelled from school after an unsettled childhood and joined the Staffordshire Regiment, only to be discharged for misconduct. Stoke City's emerging 'casual' mob became his family. 'Right or wrong, I was ready to be a committed...
Releasedatum: 2011-04-01 15,00 kr
'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer 'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to football analysis' Elis James RULE #1: DON'T WATCH THE BALL Yes, football is about stars, goals and glory. But it's also about the intense calculations and movements being made by the twenty-one other players on the pitch. It's about the ticking clock, and the bellowing fans, and their impact on player psychology. It's about the coach, the club owner, and the director of football, who are watching...
Releasedatum: 2022-11-17 115,00 kr
"Sveriges argaste sportjournalist samlar sina texter. Det självbiografiska inledningskapitlet, om självtvivel och hur han blev slaktad av lärare under hela grundskolan för sitt dåliga språk, borde delas ut på skrivarskolor." Jan Gradvall, Dagens Industri Olof Lundh har varit journalist sedan slutet av 1990-talet. De senaste femton åren har han bevakat fotbollsvärlden för TV4:s och Fotbollskanalens räkning, men innan dess hann Olof med flera år som reporter på Göteborgs-Posten och...
Releasedatum: 2021-09-01 139,00 kr
You can see them, but you don't know them. Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. Yet they remain unknown: an anti-establishment force that is transforming both football and politics. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true f...
Releasedatum: 2020-03-12 115,00 kr
The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramid Alfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Román Riquelme, Lionel Messi . . . Argentina has produced some of the greatest footballers of all time. But the rich, volatile history of Argentinian football is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic. Jonathan Wilson, having lived there on and off during the last decade, is ideally placed to chart the sport's develo...
Releasedatum: 2016-08-11 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 29,00 kr
He arrived to rally the troops, the main man in the Inter City Firm and his greeting passed into football fan history. 'Afternoon, gentlemen, the name's Bill Gardner.' That introduction alone was often enough to provoke sheer terror in his opponents. He is a genuine legend to anyone who's ever stood proud on a football terrace. No serious book on the culture would be complete without at least one mention of him. And now at last, he's telling his own, long-awaited story. For the first time, Gardn...
Releasedatum: 2012-11-05 49,00 kr
Pray is bestselling author Nick Hornby's extraordinary account of an astonishing season 'That is why there is NOTHING better than sport' Kevin Pietersen The 2011-12 Premier League season finished on an afternoon so extraordinary that it prompted Kevin Pietersen's tweet. Yet this was just the climax of an incredible season. By May fans of most clubs had been enthralled, appalled, depressed, elated, shocked and enraged. Along the way football had somehow managed to encompass politics, high finance...
Releasedatum: 2012-07-01 35,00 kr
1982 Brazil tells the story of football's most exhilarating and entertaining World Cup side. This scintillating Brazil team - blessed with Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and Júnior - lit up the 1982 World Cup with a brand of football that was 'futebol arte'. Playing to the accompaniment of a samba soundtrack from their supporters in the stands, the side scored 15 goals in five games and enchanted the world, but their dream fell apart in the Sarrià Stadium against Italy. Even so, it was a matc...
Releasedatum: 2020-10-26 105,00 kr
Mastering the Premier League is the story behind the success of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. It offers an in-depth look at the tactical concepts underlying a footballing superpower - revealing who does what, how and why. Discover the secrets of the game model developed by Guardiola that sets City apart from the rest. When Guardiola joined Manchester City in 2016 there were doubts that he could replicate his successful model of football in the English game. But after a single season of accli...
Releasedatum: 2019-09-16 95,00 kr
'For those of you missing your football fix , anything by Michael Calvin is worth a read – the hugely respected sports journalist writes eloquently about the modern game in page turner State of Play.' DAILY MIRROR _______________________________________________________ LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Award-winning author of The Nowhere Men, Living on the Volcano and No Hunger in Paradise returns with his magnum opus on the state of modern football First he re...
Releasedatum: 2018-08-23 115,00 kr
From Cruyff's "Total Football" to the epic rivalry between Guardiola and Mourinho, a gripping chronicle of the rise and fall of Barcelona's dominance in world soccer. Barcelona's style of play -- pressing and possessing -- is the single biggest influence on modern soccer. In The Barcelona Inheritance , Jonathan Wilson reveals how and why this came to pass, offering a deep analysis of the evolution of soccer tactics and style. In the late 1990s, Johan Cruyff's Dream Team was disintegrating and th...
Releasedatum: 2018-11-06 45,00 kr
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for...
Releasedatum: 2018-04-24 45,00 kr
The definitive biography of Jurgen Klopp . Jürgen Klopp was confirmed as manager of Liverpool FC in October 2015 to a rapturous reception. His super-sized personality and all-or-nothing style of football and management made him the perfect choice to pump up the volume at Anfield and lift Liverpool out of a slump. Fans and club officials were delighted to get the coach they'd long admired from afar and eager to see the impact he would have on the club and the Premier League. Klopp is the manager...
Releasedatum: 2017-11-16 115,00 kr
Soccer is in transition. There is now a growing trend away from 'drills', towards sessions that are more variable and which involve more decision making. But coaches have one burning question - how? The ‘Deliberate Soccer Practice’ series shows coaches how to evolve their coaching sessions. It aims to ensure that players are ‘cognitively engaged’, with all players involved all of the time. It is about offering exercises which have players actively making regular contact with the ball, ma...
Releasedatum: 2015-10-16 99,00 kr
If you've ever worn a Spurs shirt, this book is for you. Lilywhite & Blue is a visual history of every glorious shirt design since the team was founded. For this unique project, memorabilia collectors have opened the doors to their private collections, to bring together the rarest match-worn Spurs shirts of all time: Klinsmann's famous debut shirt; Cup Final kits from the glorious 1960s, muddy match strips from every Premiership season, and the shirts that even THFC don't have in their archi...
Releasedatum: 2010-10-01 69,00 kr
‘My Decade in the Premier League’ is Wayne’s first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football – and for the biggest club in the world. This is his inside story of life on the pitch for Manchester Utd; the League titles, FA Cups, League Cups and Champions League adventures. A must for any Utd fan. Wayne Rooney is widely regarded as one of the leading football players of his generation. A talisman for Manchester United, since his transfer to them in 2004,...
Releasedatum: 2012-09-13 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 59,00 kr
Olof Lundh har följt herrlandslaget sedan slutet av 1990-talet och inte missat många träningspass. Nu kan du följa hans resa med laget som kan försätta nationen i trans och få människor att gå in i ett sorgearbete. Läs om konflikterna, agenterna, grupperingarna, stjärnorna, pamparna, mästerskapen och hur det kommer sig att Sveriges största folkrörelse väljer att lägga sina träningsläger i ett land som inte respekterar mänskliga rättigheter. Det här är en rapport från press...
Releasedatum: 2020-09-23 139,00 kr
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020 'One of the funniest books I've read' Arthur Mathews, co-writer of Father Ted Widely regarded as one of the best football books ever written, The Far Corner was a vivid portrait of the sport in the north-east and of the people who bring such passion to it. Now, a generation later, Harry Pearson returns to the region to discover how much things have changed - and how much they have remained the same. In the mid-1990s, Kevin...
Releasedatum: 2020-08-20 79,00 kr
Fantasy Premier League has become more than a game. It’s a phenomenon. With well over 6,000,000 players signing up for the 2019/20 season and around 24 septillion possible lineups, there are untold subtleties that separate 99% of players from the elite 1% who consistently occupy the top of the overall rankings, not to mention taking home the prize pots and bragging rights at the end of each season. This book will show you how to join that 1%. FPL veterans and perennial top 1% finishers Toby an...
Releasedatum: 2019-08-02 49,00 kr
'Excellent . . . an in-depth excavation of the murky and mysterious world of football business. Smith's candid and often shocking book reveals the true workings of football business that take into account things few of us even could even imagine . . . The Deal answers some of those questions and leaves you wanting more. It is an educational tool that most fans could do with researching' Joe Short, Express Football analysis has grown at the same exponential rate as the sport's popularity and yet ...
Releasedatum: 2016-09-08 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 49,00 kr
I Brasilien är fotboll inte bara en sport. Fotboll är en konst, en religion och innebär drömmen om ett bättre liv. Till en början var den ett rent överklassnöje men när ungdomarna från Rios och São Paulos slumkvarter släpptes in exploderade fotbollsintresset i landet. Den oefterhärmliga spelstil som döptes till ”sambafotboll” växte fram och gjorde landet till världens främsta fotbollsnation. Fredrik Ekelund beskriver inte bara den brasilianska fotbollshistorien och samhälle...
Releasedatum: 2015-12-23 89,00 kr
‘Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win’ Gary Lineker Packed with exclusive interviews with key protagonists, Raphael Honigstein’s book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football’s success. 13th July 2014, World Cup Final, the last ten minutes of extra time. Germany forward Mario Götze, receiving a floated pass from his international teammate André Schürrle, jumps slightly to meet the ball and cushion it with his chest...
Releasedatum: 2015-09-03 115,00 kr
In recent years, player development has been a hot topic in the soccer world. With more pressure on coaches to win than ever before, the modern game seems to be less about actual players and more about tactical systems. In many places, the majority of training sessions are structured so that each player receives the same training as his or her teammates, even though they are asked to perform different functions. As a result, players do not receive specific feedback and lack the ability to produc...
Releasedatum: 2015-03-02 99,00 kr
The identification and development of talented young players has become a central concern of football clubs at all levels of the professional game, as well as for national and international governing bodies. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey and assessment of youth development programmes in football around the world, to highlight best practice, and to offer clear recommendations for improvement. The book draws on original, in-depth research at eight elite professional footba...
Releasedatum: 2014-11-13 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 339,00 kr
The key to any soccer conditioning program is how well it transfers to enhanced soccer performance. In this remarkable book, one of the UK’s leading soccer strength and conditioning coaches explains the scientific principles underlying the specific requirements of soccer conditioning, and then presents programs designed to address those needs. Individual chapters are devoted to each of the key fitness variables required for top soccer performance, and include: the fitness requirements of socce...
Releasedatum: 2007-10-01 129,00 kr
UWE ROSLER’S incredible passion and determination is never far from the surface; it’s what makes him a cult hero to a legion of Manchester City supporters. But it could have turned out much differently… Destined for an unremarkable career in East Germany, where the Berlin Wall presented a greater boundary than just bricks and mortar, Uwe was 25 and heading nowhere. Then, as the Iron Curtain dropped and a raw, uninhibited talent emerged, he was offered a chance at struggling English P...
Releasedatum: 2013-10-31 25,00 kr
Fan Mail: Twenty Years of Writing about Football by Nick Hornby, the bestselling author of Fever Pitch After the phenomenal success of Fever Pitch , Nick Hornby tried to avoid writing about football, for fear that he'd be writing about it forever. But occasionally over the years he's found it impossible to turn down a particularly enticing assignment or, in the case of the 2012-13 Premier League, just unable to resist writing about that most spectacular of seasons. Fortunately for those who love...
Releasedatum: 2013-08-29 35,00 kr
Liverpool FC On This Day is a diary-style log of events that happened on each calendar day of the year. If something happened that was important in the Reds' life, you'll find it in here. How about May 25 2005 when AC Milan stood in the way of yet another European triumph? Or January 31 2011 when the Reds smashed their transfer record by signing Andy Carroll from Newcastle? Vital matches, shock transfers, cup matches and unforgettable moments that have shaped Liverpool FC into the world famous c...
Releasedatum: 2012-08-01 95,00 kr