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fred_culley's review against another edition
4.0
Great read for anyone interested in football and politics.
Fascinating stories from football across the world, from early women's teams who fought against the control of men on their lives, left wing fan groups in Turkey defying Erdoğan's oppressive state to street football that has shaped Senegalese culture. Fab!
Fascinating stories from football across the world, from early women's teams who fought against the control of men on their lives, left wing fan groups in Turkey defying Erdoğan's oppressive state to street football that has shaped Senegalese culture. Fab!
teresapetralia's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.75
I think you'd have to be really passionate about football to really love every chapter of this book. While I did like the book -- I learnt lots of interesting things about a wide range of topics & countries and it does show how sports and politics can be really intertwined(!) -- by the end, it got a bit boring...
Also, it really tries to sell the idea that football is a ~leftist, #woke sport, which (apart from being untrue) makes the book very biased towards only telling one side of the story. It probably overstates the role football played in fighting against oppression.
Also, it really tries to sell the idea that football is a ~leftist, #woke sport, which (apart from being untrue) makes the book very biased towards only telling one side of the story. It probably overstates the role football played in fighting against oppression.
fehreric's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
A People's History of Soccer is a good historical read on the sport of football/soccer. It is informative and fun to read about the varied forms the game had taken to its operationalization and internationalization.
This particular book paints the sport as a method of resistence, and the chapters are arranged primarily by countries whose people used the sport as a means of resisting oppression as they saw it. There is a lot to be desired in learning more about the history of the sport.
This particular book paints the sport as a method of resistence, and the chapters are arranged primarily by countries whose people used the sport as a means of resisting oppression as they saw it. There is a lot to be desired in learning more about the history of the sport.
estellecool's review against another edition
5.0
such a me book. The section on Corinthian democracy was one of the most moving but informative pieces of non-fiction I have read.
jeremiahanthony's review against another edition
5.0
A tour de force of history. This is one of the best books about a sport ever. A must read for any fa.
lovdays's review against another edition
informative
4.75
Wonderful, wonderful book. For everyone who says keep politics out of sports, this book is not for you.
ethanmcc's review against another edition
4.0
I really wanted to give this 5 stars and at times it certainly is that good but is rather inconsistent towards the end.
The book is insanely interesting at first but trailed off towards the end for me. Still a must-read for anyone interested in soccer/politics.
The book is insanely interesting at first but trailed off towards the end for me. Still a must-read for anyone interested in soccer/politics.
chilarome's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
megnut's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
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Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia