{"product_id":"the-association-game-matthew-taylor-9780582505964","title":"The Association Game: A History of British Football","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. \u003cem\u003eThe Association Game\u003c\/em\u003e traces British football from the establishment of the earliest clubs in the nineteenth century to its place as one of the prominent and commercialised leisure industries at the beginning of the twenty first century. It covers supporters and fandom, status and culture, big business, the press and electronic media and development in playing styles, tactics and rules. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the only up to date book on the history of British football, covering the twentieth century shift from amateur to professional and whole of the British Isles, not just England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0582505968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780582505964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.24w x 1.12d","brand":"Matthew Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059340144895,"sku":"9780582505964","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_251322d5-4dc1-4668-bae2-4211f8c00102.jpg?v=1685057636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-association-game-matthew-taylor-9780582505964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}