02724nam 2200553Ia 450 991034822370332120170810185411.01-134-32491-X1-280-56298-697866105629850-203-01495-2(CKB)1000000000359529(EBL)274458(OCoLC)252850769(SSID)ssj0000273892(PQKBManifestationID)12096641(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273892(PQKBWorkID)10314953(PQKB)11431096(MiAaPQ)EBC274458(EXLCZ)99100000000035952920050929d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe work of professional football[electronic resource] a labour of love? /Martin RoderickLondon ;New York Routledge20061 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-36373-X 0-415-36372-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Football League descriptors; Introduction; 1. Professional football in context; 2. Attitudes to work in professional football; 3. Uncertainty and football injuries; 4. Injuries, stigma and social identity; 5. Transferring and the transformation of self; 6. Transfer markets and informal grapevines; 7. Control and the process of transferring; 8. The fate of idealism in professional football; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA 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 a world that is typically closed to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and academic research which prefers to focus on a small, unrepresenSoccerSocial aspectsSportsSocial aspectsElectronic books.SoccerSocial aspects.SportsSocial aspects.796.3334796.334Roderick Martin891128MiAaPQBOOK9910348223703321The work of professional football1990433UNINA