{"product_id":"the-penalty-kick-robert-mccrum-9781912559572","title":"The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rousing history of the penalty kick and its introduction in English football by a famed British writer \u0026amp; editor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFootball, in the 1880s, was a rough and dangerous game. To address the abhorrent state of the sport, William McCrum, an amateur Irish goalkeeper and the author's great-grandfather, proposed the penalty kick, a new and drastic sanction introduced to the game in 1891. For over a hundred years, this extraordinary phenomenon has not only regulated the conduct of football (also known as soccer) but has also inspired game theories and infiltrated classics of contemporary literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn enthralling portrait of a lost age, \u003ci\u003eThe Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger \u003c\/i\u003eis a family history, a social history, and a history of the world's most popular sport. It considers an extraordinary phenomenon as it examines the penalty kick's psychological--even philosophical--grip on our imaginations, with its distillation of risk and chance into the penalty shoot-out, an all-or-nothing moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert McCrum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912559579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912559572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Robert McCrum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46052527079679,"sku":"9781912559572","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad532aff-4741-4c21-aab0-7ac0f0ea2b24.jpg?v=1723556646","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-penalty-kick-robert-mccrum-9781912559572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}