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Football Focus

Clive Gifford

6 books in this series

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  All the facts and information you need to follow the game as well as the business of football.
  

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  Informative, accessible text alongside action-packed photography.
  

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  Includes fact panels, advice on playing techniques and insights 'straight from the manager's mouth.'
  

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Football Focus Poster

Football Focus Poster

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  The Business of Football

  Contents:
  

  • Football
  • The Football Industry
  • Football Fans
  • Club Owners
  • Managers and Coaches
  • The Stadium and Staff
  • Money Makers
  • Football and the Media
  • Players and Agents
  • Transfers
  • Demand for Players
  • Going Global
  • Changing Fortunes
  • So You Want to Be a Club Boss?
  • Glossary
  • Further Information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5667 4

  
  

  225x276mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  The Business of Football

  Contents:
  

  • Football
  • The Football Industry
  • Football Fans
  • Club Owners
  • Managers and Coaches
  • The Stadium and Staff
  • Money Makers
  • Football and the Media
  • Players and Agents
  • Transfers
  • Demand for Players
  • Going Global
  • Changing Fortunes
  • So You Want to Be a Club Boss?
  • Glossary
  • Further Information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6693 2

  
  

  116x272mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB

  
  
   

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  Players and Skills

  Contents:
  

  • Football: A Sport of Skill
  • Fit and Fast
  • Playing Positions
  • Passing
  • Ball Control
  • Shielding, Turning and Running
  • Crossing and Heading
  • Goalkeeping
  • Tackling and Defending
  • Attacking Skills
  • Movement and Vision
  • Shooting and Scoring
  • Set Piece Skills
  • So You Want to Be a Professional Footballer?
  • Glossary
  • Further Information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6694 9

  
  

  220x275mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB

  
  
   

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  Rules of the Game

  Contents:
  

  • The Beautiful Game
  • Early Rules
  • Who Makes the Laws?
  • The Law Enforcers
  • Players and Pitch
  • Start and Finish
  • In or Out?
  • Fouls
  • Misconduct and Foul Play
  • Red and Yellow
  • Free Kicks
  • Offside!
  • Penalties and Shootouts
  • So You Want to Be a Referee?
  • Glossary
  • Find Out More
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5670 4

  
  

  224x277mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Rules of the Game

  Contents:
  

  • The game's laws
  • Early rules
  • The law makers
  • The law enforcers
  • Players and pitch
  • Start and finish
  • In or Out?
  • Fouls
  • Misconduct
  • Red and yellow
  • Free-kicks
  • Offside!
  • Penalties and shootouts
  • What it takes to be a referee

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6753 3

  
  

  197x267mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB