Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game

by Jamie Cleland, Ellis Cashmore, J. Cleland

Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following encompassing all religions. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. It is this Janus-faced quality that makes football so thrilling. Countless books have focused on the visibly glamorous, wholesome and admirable aspects of the sport. Cashmore and Cleland, by contrast,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137371269
• ISBN13: 9781137371263
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"