An account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter.

Presents a tour of the politics and culture of football from Milan to Tehran. This work examines the game's role in sustaining ancient hatreds and rivalries; in supporting the migration of players and the rise of the football oligarchs; and in defending the virtues and vices of old-fashioned nationalism.

A modern football fairytale and an extraordinary story of an Italian village and its football team's rise to the top against seemingly impossible odds.

What sort of man spends his Saturday afternoons with people named Bonehead, Paraffin Pete and Steamin' Sammy? This is a book about the experience, and the attractions, of crowd violence.

The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? After twenty years in the Bel Pasese, the author goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, and to get a fresh take on the conundrum that is the national character.

Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget have been best friends all their lives. They live in the same small American town and usually spend every moment of their long summer holidays together. Tibby buys a pair of jeans in a second-hand shop and the girls discover that the trousers fit each of them perfectly, despite their different figures and heights.

When Ingrid accidentally leaves her favourite football sneakers at a murder scene, she is sucked into the mysterious case. It's all her fault that the police are on the wrong track, so Ingrid swears to hunt down Cracked-up Katie's killer herself. But Ingrid's life is full of distractions.

A sharp, funny and beautifully observed satire about the disturbing influence of the Christian right from one of America's most cherished authors.

Simon & Schuster UK and VIZ Media is publishing the perfect manga for a football-obsessed nation: the popular soccer-associated Whistle! series, created to commemorate the 2002 World Cup Final held in Japan.

Summer is always a special time for the four teenage best friends: Bee, Tibby, Carmen and Lena. This year there's an added poignancy as the girls know this is their last summer together. Can the strength of their friendship overpower the feuds in their families and leave the girls with happy memories of the third summer of the sisterhood?

The Penderwick sisters are at home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had in mind. Mr Penderwick's sister has decided it's time for him to start dating - which can only mean one thing: disaster.

Aims to provide a definitive history of global football.

In a newspaper office, Paul Faustino, South America's top football writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato - the Cat - the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup. In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story - how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper.

Jess just wants to play football, but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off!

The Brazilian football team is one of the modern wonders of the world. At its best it exudes a skill, flamboyance and romantic pull like nothing else on earth. Football is how the world sees Brazil and how Brazilians see themselves. This book takes a passionate look at the history of the most popular sport - football - in Brazil.

A cult novel about Dutch football.

The sensational new novel from one of the most acclaimed UK SF writers; a major addition to the Gollancz list

As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage football prodigy El Brujito, vanishes without trace. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, he is forced to confront a bitter history of slavery, and the power of the occult.