1st Edition
DIY Football The cultural politics of community based football clubs
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
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The intention of the book is to highlight the development of a type of football organisation that falls outside of the well documented elite professional game, the most recognizable face of the sport. Specifically, the focus here will fall upon community based football clubs which have grown out of the grassroots game. Well known examples of these clubs in Britain are the Bristol organisation,... Read more
- DIY football: the cultural politics of community based football clubs – introduction
Peter Kennedy and David Kennedy 403 - ‘It’s not just about the football’: leading social change in a Sunday league football team
Lee Tucker - ‘Race’, politics and local football – continuity and change in the life of a British African- Caribbean local football club
Paul Ian Campbell and John Williams - Stockholm’s 17 SK: a case study in community football
Klara Dolk and Gabriel Kuhn - Loyal to what? FC United’s ‘shaping walk’ through football’s ‘muck of ages’
Chris Porter - Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls: a ‘political’ sports club that is not political and ‘anarchist’ sports club that is not actually anarchist
Will Simpson - Playing left wing; from Sunday League socialism to international solidarity. A social history of the development of Republica Internationale FC
Mick Totten - Grass-roots football, autonomous activity and the forging of new social relationships
David Kennedy and Peter Kennedy
Biography
David Kennedy is currently a freelance researcher, with research interests in the history and political economy of football.
Peter Kennedy is currently a freelance researcher, with research interests in football, sport and Marxist political economy. He is an associate member of the Socialist Theory and Movement Network, Glasgow University.
