Soccernomics - Why France and Germany Win, Why England Is Starting to and Why the Rest of the World Loses by Simon Kuper; Stefan Szymanski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Soccer
'Magnificent... Freakonomics for football' - Guardian Football truly is the world's favourite game, followed in over 200 countries by hundreds of millions of people pouring their hearts and souls into supporting their chosen team every week. But behind the passion are questions that all true football ...Show more
The Immortals of Australian Soccer by Lucas Radbourne
$39.99 AUD
Category: Soccer
The Immortals of Australian Soccer celebrates the greatest players from the round ball game to form a best-of-the-best XI from our country's storied past. It takes the Immortals concept made famous elsewhere in the sporting world and applies it to soccer. Football journalist Lucas Radbourne selects his ...Show more
A History of Football in Australia by Roy Hay
$45.00 AUD
Category: Soccer
In coming years football will continue to excite sports fans throughout Australia. The Socceroos will contest the world's leading nations on the international stage. The Asian Football Confederation Cup of Nations will be held in Australia in 2015. The Matildas will defend their Asian championship crown ...Show more
Soccernomics by Simon Kuper
$19.99 AUD
Category: Soccer
At last, football has its answer to Freakonomics, The Tipping Point and The Undercover Economist. Why do England lose?" "Why do Germany & Brazil Win?" "How have Spain conquered the World?" "Penalties - what are they good for?" "What is the price on achieving success and the true cost of failure?" Th ...Show more
Sports Science and Soccer: Translating Theory into Practice by Warren Gregson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Soccer
Sports Science and Soccer offers a series of contemporary insights into the multidisciplinary approach to delivering sports science support (physiology, psychology, performance analysis, sociology) from leading academics and practitioners in elite level professional football. Each chapter includes a num ...Show more
Messi: More Than a Superstar by Luca Caioli
$19.99 AUD
Category: Soccer | Series: Football Bio
Lionel Messi is the greatest soccer player of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. At the peak of his powers during Barcelona’s 2015 treble win - a decade on from his first Spanish title -- the four-time Ballon d’Or winner has again eclipsed his rivals ...Show more
Ronaldo: The Obsession for Perfection by Luca Caioli
$19.99 AUD
Category: Soccer | Series: Football Bio
Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the world for his devastating ability and his carefully crafted image. A three-time Ballon d'Or winner with his own fashion label, he is every inch the modern superstar, but behind the glamour lies one of the most dedicated athletes the sport has ever known. Luca Ca ...Show more
Home and Away - Writing the Beautiful Game by Karl Ove Knausgaard; Fredrik Ekelund
$35.00 AUD
Category: Soccer | Reading Level: very good
Karl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skane with his wife, four small children and a dog. He is watching football on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes, coffee and Argentina. Fredrik Ekelund is away, in Brazil, where he plays football on the beach and watches mat ...Show more
The Death and Life of Australian Soccer by Joe Gorman
$32.95 AUD
Category: Soccer
In The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, journalist and historian Joe Gorman explores the rise and fall of Australia's first national football competition and shows how soccer came to practise and embody multiculturalism long before it became government policy. Drawing on archival research and interv ...Show more
Messi vs. Ronaldo - One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game by Jonathan Clegg; Joshua Robinson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Soccer
Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time--Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo--examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-bil ...Show more
Manchester United's Greatest Ever Matches by MUFC
$25.00 AUD
Category: Soccer
Was it the famous comeback in added time to win the Champions League final in 1999? Or what about the Busby Babes' swansong - a 5-4 thriller at Highbury? And who can forget the 8-2 thrashing of Arsenal in 2011? These are just a few of the greatest games ever played by Manchester United. In this remarka ...Show more
The Story of the World Cup 2014 by Brian Glanville
$29.99 AUD
Category: Soccer
The dramatic and controversial history of the world's leading tournament. Brian Glanville's classic account is a celebration of the great players and matches from Uruguay in 1930 to South Africa in 2010 - and a bold attack on all those who have mismanaged the 'beautiful game'.