Football: From England to the World

This book charts the diverse and changing face of football, from its origins in England to its adoption by other countries throughout the world. The globalizedexperiencesthat football has undergone is compared to those of baseball.

Prologue Projit B. Mukharji Missing Men: School Masters and the Early Years of Association Football J.A. Mangan Exploring the Spectator Experience: Virtual Football Spectatorship in the Pub Mike Weed 'No Systematic Doping in Football': A Critical Review Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington Tackling the Anxieties of the English: Searching for the Nation through Football Jessica S.R. Robinson Soccer in the USA: 'Holding out for a Hero?' Dolores P. Martinez Football in the Reconstruction of the Gender Order in Japan Wolfram Manzenreiter Stanley Rous' 'Own Goal': Football Politics, South Africa and the Contest for the FIFA Presidency in 1974 Paul Darby 'Feeble Bengalis' and 'Big Africans': African Players in Bengali Club Football Projit B. Mukharji Ghati-Bangal on the Maidan: Subregionalism, Club Rivalry and Fan Culture in Indian Football Boria Majumdar Globalizing Sport: Assessing the World Baseball Classic Alan Klein Epilogue: Global Football Dolores P. Martinez