Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for 'Black' Ex-Professional Footballers: 'From Being Idolised to Stacking Shelves'

by Paul Campbell

Drawing on a combination of interviews and auto-ethnographic data, Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for 'Black' Ex-Professional Footballers provides a case-study of 16 'black' British male professional footballers' preparedness and experiences of retirement and transition from careers as professional athletes to mainstream work. The author examines these men's sporting experiences during three life phases: As professional schoolboy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1838670416
• ISBN13: 9781838670412
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.6"