The Work of Professional Football: A Labour of Love?

by Martin Roderick

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 football is the foundation for this privileged research into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041536373X
• ISBN13: 9780415363730
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"