Penguin Books Australia

Take a closer look at Singapore's seemingly sanitized soccer scene—not is all as it seems…

Illustrious Australian football coach David O'Connor has arrived in Singapore to very little fanfare. His love for the game and desire to develop the tiny country's fledgling professional league in a big way has seen him accepting terms he's less than thrilled about—that is, if his contract...

Soccer has long been the world's most popular sport. Even here in the U.S., where soccer still trails other sports at the professional level, its popularity continues to grow. In fact it's one of the fastest-growing sports at the youth level with more than 3 million participants between the ages of 6 and 14.

Practical pocket guides, for quick and easy reference any time, anywhere.

Football Skills is a handy, pocket-sized instruction manual, covering the fundamentals of football with step-by-step illustrations and clear, bite-sized tips. Offering everything you need to know to get started, along with a wealth of expert tricks and tips to improve skills and techniques, from ball control and kicking skills...

With a keen eye and a pair of goalkeeping gloves, award-winning author and filmmaker Dave Bidini followed a ragtag group of soccer players, homeless residents of the Canadian streets, to Melbourne for one of the humblest, yet purest, expression of the world game: the Homeless World Cup.

History of the Socceroos explores the evolution of the beautiful game in Australia. This visual guide includes an overview of every match played from 1922 to the most recent World Cup in South Africa.

A profile on each Australia World Cup is also featured along with the top ten milestones in Australian football.

A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, FEVER PITCH has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992. It has helped to create a new kind ofsports writing, and established Hornby as one of the finest writers of his generation.

In this extraordinary tour de force of a book, David Goldblatt describes the rise of football, from a chaotic folk ritual to a sector of the global-entertainment industry. It's the story of players and managers, fans and owners, clubs and national teams; a chronicle of who won and who lost. But it's also a history of states and markets, money and power. And, above all, how all these forces interact...