208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived.
A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of... Read more
Introduction 1 Professional football in context 2 Attitudes to work in professional football 3 Uncertainty and football injuries 4 Injuries, stigma and social identity 5 Transferring and the transformation of self 6 Transfer markets and informal grapevines 7 Control and the process of transferring 8 The fate of idealism in professional football
Biography
Martin Roderick is Lecturer in Sociology at Durham University, UK and a former professional footballer.
